Tour Scotland Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, during the Festive Season, from St Monans, through Pittenweem and Anstruther to visit the church in Kilrenny in the East Neuk of Fife. The first element of the name Kilrenny is from the Scottish Gaelic cill, meaning, church. The renny element may perpetuate a worn down form of Etharnan or Itharnan, an early churchman who died among the Picts in 669. The village was formerly Upper Kilrenny, until nearby Lower Kilrenny changed its name to Cellardyke in the 16th century. The first church in Kilrenny was probably connected with St Adrian, an Irish monk who lived in a cave at nearby Caiplie until killed by vikings in 875. Whilst it is unknown what happened to it, a replacement was built in the early part of the 1200s and dedicated in 1243. The tower dates back to the 1400s and the parapet and tower to the 1500s. The body of the old church was replaced in 1807 with the present building; the architect was Alexander Leslie. The porch was added in 1932 by Gillespie & Scott.
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