St. Peter's Church

The parish enclosure of Irvillac is complete, in the sense that it still contains its original elements which are the church, the calvary, the cemetery, the ossuary and the enclosure wall. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, dates from 1656, at least for the bell tower, according to an inscription which reads: "Frater. Vincentius. de. Kerouartz. canonicus. regularis. abbatiae. beatae. Mariae. de. Daoulas. et. Prior. Rector. huius. loci. 1656 "

The spire, younger because it was rebuilt after being struck by lightning during the night of January 13 to 14, 1777, according to Canon Abgrall, was built according to the plans of Abbot Pouliquen, the parish priest. It is curiously shaped like a bell. The bell tower is flanked on each side by two high and elegant identical turrets. To the southwest, an ossuary dated 1692 bears a bell tower. The interior of the church houses some old statues, including those of Saint Yves, Saint Roc'h and Saint Jacques. Abbots Peyron and Abgrall in their architectural bulletin mention a rector who exercised his ministry in Irvillac from 1786 to 1791:

"born in Quimper. During the Revolution, he refused to take the oath to the Constitution. Denounced, like the other priests of the parish, all of them refractory, by Gabriel Cren, the mayor of Irvillac, he withdrew to Carhaix, where he was arrested. After being interned in many prisons in Finistère, he was imprisoned in Rochefort, where he soon died on September 24, 1794. His body, thrown into the sea, was collected at the Port des Barques.