What is recorded here

Teampuilín, the little church of St. Michael's parish, stood almost fifty feet long inside a circular ditched enclosure in County Cork. By 1700 half its walls had collapsed and a strange arched partition cut through the middle, yet no graves marked the yard. The enclosure has since been levelled, erasing the boundary that once held the ruin. What remains is a ghost shape on an old map, waiting for someone to imagine the prayers that echoed through its broken arch.

Rectangular church shown within circular enclosure (CO063-028001-) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; enclosure now levelled. In 1700 described as 'almost 50 foot long....the walls are half of them down....a partition with an arch runs through the middle of it....a ditch about the churchyard....no sign of any graves' (Lunham 1909, 23). Anciently church of St. Michael's parish, called 'Teampuilín' according to Power (1923, 193). No visible surface trace. 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

A rectangular medieval church, possibly 12th–13th century in origin, stood within a circular enclosure at Templemichael; its remains were largely demolished by the 18th century, with only partial walls and an arched partition surviving in 1700.

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