What is recorded here

Grave Yard holds fifty headstones and two table-tombs beside the ruined parish church of Inchinabracky, with the earliest stones dating to the 1740s. A 1749 headstone displays a lozenge-shaped inscription panel, while another bears eagles, a chain, an hourglass and a set-square that may have marked Masonic belonging. The new church built across the road in 1839 has vanished into manufacturing premises, leaving the old graveyard to keep its quiet shape on the north side of the road.

On N side of road; roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 50m N-S; c. 40m E-W) with ruins of parish church of Inchinabracky (CO076-03002-) at centre; in occasional use. Coleman (1913-16b) notes 'about fifty headstones here, besides two table-tombs', the earliest dating from 1740s; O'Shea (1988, 80) notes headstone, dated 1749, as containing 'a richness of new decorative motifs, notably the lozenge-shaped panel containing the inscription'; second 1749 headstone described as 'magnificent specimen' (ibid., 79), range of motifs include two Eagles, Chain, Hourglass and Set-Square (probably indicating membership of Masonic Order). New C of I church built across road to SE in 1839 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 235), but not shown on 1902 OS 6-inch map; site now occupied by manufacturing premises. 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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