What is recorded here

Sod now smothers the rectangular foundations and small northern annexe of the Clonmult parish church, reducing a house of God to a shallow shadow beside the graveyard. The building stood ruined by 1615, yet people continued burying their dead inside the remains through the mid-18th century, trusting the old sacred boundary more than a missing roof or broken wall. That stubborn reuse suggests the church never truly stopped being a church in the minds of the living; it simply stopped needing walls to hold its purpose.

Near N end of graveyard (CO055-032001-); sod-covered foundations (max. H 1m) of rectangular church (18m E-W; 7.5m N-S) and annexe at N end of W wall (7.5m E-W; 3.5m N-S). Burials within church date from mid-18th century (Henchion 1976). Parish church of Clonmult, in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 151). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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