In an era when Catholic church-building in Ireland was still constrained by the aftermath of the Penal Laws, that public inscription in Irish is a quietly pointed statement of identity.

The church was recorded by Samuel Lewis in his 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as a "neat Gothic structure", and the description holds up. The nave is lit by narrow pointed lancet windows, a characteristic Gothic Revival feature, with switchline tracery, a decorative motif in which the glazing bars of a window curve and cross to form patterns. The exterior walls are plastered and ornamented with quatrefoil niches, small recessed panels cut in the shape of a four-petalled flower, along with horizontal string courses that give the elevations a composed, deliberate appearance. Inside, a stained glass window sits in the north wall above the altar. The plaque recorded by Mulcahy in 1989 attributes the building to "Fr. Matt [Horgan] and his people", a phrasing that emphasises collective effort as much as clerical leadership. Directly to the east stands a bell tower, built slightly later than the main church body, which adds a vertical counterpoint to the low cruciform plan.