Church in Coolmain, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In the 1940s an 'ancient church site' was recorded in Coolmain, in a place called 'the cill where there are mounds in abundance and bones in them' (ITA). The precise location of this possible church is not known. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO124-072

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