[3] Aghowle Church is located 1.7 km (1.1 mi) southwest of Coolkenno, near some tributaries of the River Derreen.

They lived in Clocháin (beehive huts) around a wooden church The placename derives from the Irish for "field of apple trees."

The church is a long rectangular building with high gables of which the original north, east and west walls survive.

[7][2] Two round-headed windows in the east wall have hood mouldings on the outside supported by pillars.

Located on the eastern side of the cross is a large granite baptismal font (130 × 73 cm; 4′3″ × 2′5″) which is believed to be pre-Norman.