Chapel

The National Monuments Service's description

Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 38) noted that the ruins of 'a small chapel supposed to have been built by Sir Wm. Petty on the establishment of the English colony' were visible in the graveyard (KE093-035002-). This was in addition to the ruins of the old church (KE093-035001-) in the graveyard. There are no visible remains of the chapel. In 1942 the ITA survey suggested that the 'The difference in style and age as between the choir (20' 6" long by 13' 3" broad) and the nave (40' long by 24' broad); is probably due, to the fact that the structure was originally Catholic, but confiscated and made a Protestant church during the Penal Days' (ITA Survey)

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 26 September 2022

References

Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.