Church in Killowny, County Cork

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What is recorded here

'Here is a site of an ancient church' (O'Donoghue 1986, 162). According to O'Regan (1960, 27) called Killuna after a saint of the O'Driscolls of Corcaluidhe; mentioned in 'Taxation Roll' in 1302; 'reformed and called Capella de Killone in 1591'. Exact location not known.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO125-026

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