| The church of Caoide-Kilkeedy in the townland of Cross is the most significant church in our locality.
It is one of the many ecclesiastical sites in our parish. The church was dedicated to St. Caoide. His feast day was celebrated until recently on March 3rd.
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| The existing remains of the church are not regarded as those of the first church. They are dated to the fourteenth century. The church consists of two parts, a church and a small chapel erected against it on the north side. The larger part of this church extends east/west and measures about sixty feet in length and twenty feet in breadth. Attached to the church is a small chapel built by the family O'Maolain (Moylan) as appears by this inscription,
" 1706 I.H.S. This tumbe is made by Fa.Con.Mullan for him and his family
In his ancestors chapel, to whom God be merciful"
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See inscription on wall below
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| This chapel is perhaps two centuries more modern than the larger church. It is nineteen feet by sixteen and contains several windows. It once had a loft, as appears from the position of the windows and stones jutting out from the walls for the support of joists. The east gable contains a gothic window. A well to the south of the church is now dry. A recent tradition has been to celebrate mass at dawn on Easter Sunday.
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