The Cantwells were Lords of Kilfane and adjoining areas from shortly after the Norman conquest to the confiscations following the Confederation.

[4] Poet Deirdre Brennan wrote a poem about Kilfane Church in 2001.

[5] Kilfane Church is a long rectangle with sedilia, altar, book rest and piscina.

Three original doorways in the north and south walls are headed by ogee stones.

When the church was used as a school, misbehaving children were made to kiss the effigy.