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Rosscarbery estuary still reflects the monastery founded by St Fachtna before he died around 600. Later cathedrals rose and fell above that old devotion, leaving fragments buried beneath stone, memory and prayer. The place keeps layering faith instead of replacing it.

Overlooking Rosscarbery estuary to S and E. The site of a monastery which was founded by St Fachtna, who died c. 600 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 96). A 19th-century C of I cathedral, incorporating some remains of a 17th-century cathedral (CO143-023008-), and a graveyard (CO143-023002-) now occupy the site. 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

St. Fachtna founded a monastery at the site in the 6th or early 7th century; the site later incorporated remains into a 19th-century Church of Ireland cathedral. It is significant as an early Christian foundation associated with one of Ireland's lesser-known saints.

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