Church in Coulagh

In pasture on N-facing slope overlooking Coulagh Bay. Site of 'M'Kolagh'church, mentioned by Bishop Dive Downes in 1700 (O'Brien 1970, 18), in burial ground (CO114-00301-); O'Shea and Crowley (1972, 50) describe 'what appears to be the foundations of two rectangular buildings at right angles to each other'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

The church in Coulagh was likely built in the early modern period, possibly on or near the site of an earlier ecclesiastical foundation, and is mentioned in historical records from 1700. It is situated in a burial ground and may have had local significance within the parish structure of the time.