Church in Boolymore, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Bowman (1934, 352) recorded church site and burial ground in John Bourke's land, in field called 'The killeens...The actual site of the church is still discernible - being marked by grass covered mounds - and measure 26 feet by 19 feet. No sign of graves are now to be seen'. Two fields c. 400m S of Boolymore House known as 'Upper Killeen' and 'Lower Killeen'. No visible surface trace of church or burial ground here.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO030-231

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