Abbey (in Ruins)

S of Carrigaline, in area cordoned-off from pasture field, on grounds of Kilmoney Abbey House (CO098-016----); ivyclad W gable of church. Point of gable fallen. Surviving wall (L 6.5m; Wth 1m) broken off to N whereas to S short return (L 0.35m) of S wall survives, though exterior SW corner fallen. Set high on gable lintelled opening (H 1.15m; Wth 0.7m) with straight sides, may be remains of window ope. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 183) 'a small cell' of the Gill Abbey (CO074-036---) in Cork, 'probably merely a vicarage after the mid-fourteenth century'; foundation date not known. 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