Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ardbrack, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardbrack
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.70430, -8.50131
- SMR number
- CO112-038002-
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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
To N of Summer Cove, at W end of graveyard, in elevated position overlooking Kinsale Harbour to W and S. Built 1743 when act passed 'for removing the site of the parish church of Rincurran' (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 235) (see CO125-008001-); extensively renovated and re-roofed in 1890 (Cole 1903, 103). Gabled rectangular church with tower at W end, transept to N with vestry. Closed for regular worship c. 1990, now opening as 'St. Catherine's Retreat and Christian Education Centre'. Graveyard (CO112-038001-) rectangular(c. 90m E-W; c. 45m N-S), with earliest headstones dating from 1750s, still in use.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Bee-bolesunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.