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Dairthech

In Gaelic Ireland, between the 5th and 9th centuries AD, a dairthech was a type of oratory or church built of oak-wood.

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The dairthech was the earliest kind of church built in Ireland, from the earliest Christian times (5th century AD) onward. They were gradually replaced by stone churches. ==Structure==
Structure
A typical dairthech was rectangular, measuring by . It had a high pointed gable. Oak was used as a building material as a holdover from Celtic religion, where the oak was imbued with magical powers. Internal structure Little is known about the internal structure of the dairthech, although descriptions of the murder of Echtigern in Kildare in AD 760 offer a few hints, mentioning a chancel-screen () and altar (). Cogitosus describes painted partitions dividing clergy from laity and women from men. ==References==
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