Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
School
Clonmeen North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonmeen North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Parochial School (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.13741, -8.86998
- SMR number
- CO031-053006-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roadside, immediately S of graveyard (14567). Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular structure named 'Parochial School', second structure, indicated at right angles, to S. Rectangular single-storey structure (long axis NW-SE) survives as residential house. Entrance front (NE) of 5 bays; central rectangular door; sash windows. Gable-ended with attic window in SE gable, large central chimney stack. Small stone-built addition to rear with corrugated iron roof. According to Eldridge (1996, 76), 'served as a primary school in the 1840s'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.