What is recorded here

Doneraile Convent women lay beneath this small grass square until 1991, when their bones moved elsewhere and the graveyard stopped being a living record. The central mausoleum still stands, but without named occupants or an active community it has become a stage set for death rather than a place where grief still arrives.

On gentle N-facing slope, River Awbeg to N, former Doneraile Convent immediately to S. Level square grass-covered graveyard (c. 22m E-W; c. 20m N-S), enclosed by high stone wall to W, N and E, unenclosed to S. Formerly burial ground of Convent; on closure of convent c. 1991, burials removed to Old Court graveyard (14613). Large 19th-century mausoleum in centre. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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