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Ecclesiastical site in Coolclieve

Ecclesiastical site

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In level pasture, just N of a bend in the River Maine. The possible ecclesiastical remains are not visible at ground level. According to local information, the remains of a monastery were removed during land clearance. It was known locally as a monastic site of St Carthach, it shares its name with the ecclesiastical…

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In level pasture, just N of a bend in the River Maine. The possible ecclesiastical remains are not visible at ground level. According to local information, the remains of a monastery were removed during land clearance. It was known locally as a monastic site of St Carthach, it shares its name with the ecclesiastical remains (KE047-029----) in Meanus, c. 2.4km to the W. Described in the 1840s as a 'remarkable rocky mountain...called Parknacarriga and is said to be formerly a monastery' (OSNB, Molahiffe, 31). In the 1940s it was recorded that 'a mound of earth and stones' are all that remains of the monastery in a field still known as the 'Monastaire' (ITA). It was 'St. Carthage's first foundation after leaving the mother convent at Kilganilander' (ibid.).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE047-085

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