What is recorded here

Kilgarvan is a hidden burial ground beneath the playground of Cove Male National School on Middleton Street in Cobh. Children now run where dead people once slept, turning grief into games and forgetting the graves below. The earth keeps its secrets while young feet press the soil that once held the departed.

On the W side of Middleton St. in Cobh. Coleman (1894, 35) mentioned a 'graveyard' in the playground of the Cove Male National School'. There are no visible remains of this burial ground at ground level. (Zajac et al. 1995, 36) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.