What is recorded here

South Abbey fragments now shape the garden at Strand House in Youghal. They left a religious site and became domestic decoration, carrying memory into a different kind of intimacy. Water, stone and residence touched in that move. The fragment stops being ruined and becomes a lived detail, still capable of surprise.

One of two water fonts (see CO067-028002-) in the garden of Strand House in Youghal. They originally came from the South Abbey (CO067-028001-). 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

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