Today, not a trace remains of either structure; the church site exists only as a reference point on old maps, whilst the burial ground that once lay to its south-southeast has similarly vanished into the landscape. These lost monuments speak to the layers of history that lie beneath Ireland’s seemingly empty fields, where centuries of religious practice have left their mark in place names and local memory rather than physical remains.

A short distance from where the church once stood, St. Shanaghan’s Well continues to bubble up from the earth, maintaining its ancient connection to the vanished religious site. When antiquarian Énrí Ó Muirgheasa documented the well in 1936, he quoted Dr. Maguire’s description of it as “a beautiful well, which is believed to have been formerly venerated for ages as St. Shanaghan’s Well, and though well cared, it shows every sign of antiquity.” The dedication remains somewhat mysterious; whilst several saints called Seanan appear in Irish martyrologies, along with one St. Seanachan, a bishop and abbot of Imleach Iubhair commemorated on 11th December, the exact identity of this particular Shanaghan remains unclear.

The site forms part of County Donegal’s rich archaeological landscape, documented in the comprehensive Archaeological Survey compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983. Though the church and burial ground have disappeared entirely, the enduring presence of the holy well serves as a tangible link to the area’s sacred past, when this corner of Ardara parish would have been a focal point for local worship and burial traditions stretching back through the centuries.