Children's burial ground in Coonane — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Coonane holds a children's burial ground where plain stones mark small graves on a ridge above the Barony River. The circle measures twenty metres across, yet it contains many more years than its size suggests. Kids still run past the grazing land, unaware that their laughter lands on top of other laughter stopped mid-way.

In rough grazing land, on an E-W ridge on the W side of the valley of the Barony River. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 20m) containing graves marked by plain uninscribed stones. It is known locally as a 'cillíneach' or children's burial ground. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Cillíneach (children's burial ground), likely medieval in date. It represents a traditional Irish burial practice associated with the interment of children, reflecting local funerary customs and community memory.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.