
What is recorded here
Union workhouse killed people in small rooms, but the buried dead still touch the living through the cut of its knives. The chamber is a visible wound in the flesh of the world, and the woman's body is the rope that ties the chamber to the world. The chamber is the visible wound in the flesh of the world, and the woman's body is the rope that ties the chamber to the world.
Beside road c. 250m SW of Union workhouse (CO112-030---). Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map; Marked 'Burial Gd' on 1902 OS 6-inch map. Area of rough vegetation now marks site.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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