What is recorded here

Disused burial ground southeast of St. Anne's Church, bounded by high stone walls on three sides and railings above a low wall to the north. Nineteenth-century headstones lean upright along the east and west walls beside chest tombs set in 1796 and scattered pyramidal markers. The rectilinear plot measures about forty-six metres north to south and fifty-five metres east to west, holding quiet evidence of Cork's changing medical and religious life.

To SE of St. Anne's C of I church (CO074-033003-) and on W side of former North Infirmary Hospital. Roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 46m N-S; c. 55m E-W), enclosed by high stone wall to E, S and W; low stone wall topped by railings to N. No longer in use. Line of 19th century inscribed headstones placed upright along E and W walls. Chest tombs in original positions, dating from 1796; also some pyramidal gravemarkers remain. See Excavations 2001, 39-40; Excavations 2002, 72. 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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