[2] The church is located 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) south of Broadford, County Limerick.

[3] The site was the location of an earlier Christian church, established c. 1200 after a summer snowfall that covered the entire area, except for the field, so the church was dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows.

This was called Killagholehane (Cill Deochain Liatháin, "Deacon Liathán's church").

The baptismal font, a 15th-century tomb, and part of the sacristy still remain.

[7] The tomb may belong to the famous Ó Dálaigh bardic family.