Catholic Church

In Saleens. T-shaped; nave orientated N-S; ponted windows. Interior modernized. Date stone 1801. 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

The Catholic Church in Scartlea Lower, built in 1801, is a T-shaped church with a north-south orientated nave and pointed windows; it reflects early 19th-century ecclesiastical architecture and served the Catholic community in the Saleens area during a period of religious restriction in Ireland.