What is recorded here

Grave Yd in County Cork holds a forgotten church wall beneath its stones, marking the end of Templetrine and the rise of the Rectory. The old parish fell into decay while the newer church climbed beside it, turning memory into layered stone. People still bury their dead there, walking past a wall that may have stood since before records began.

On E side of avenue into Rectory; subrectangular graveyard (c. 55m N-S; c. 35m E-W); enclosed by stone wall. Still in use but parts overgrown, earliest noted headstone dated to 1832. Stump of wall (L c. 2m; H 1.9m) running E-W, just S of centre in yard, may be remains of ancient parish church (CO124-035003-) of Templetrine which is shown as rectangular structure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; it was in repair in 1639 but in need of repairs by 1680s (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 346). At N end of graveyard C of I church (CO124-035002-) built in 1821 (ibid., 348); small rectangular church with tall three-storey crenellated tower against W gable; semicircular apse on E wall, and vestry at NE corner, are additions post 1842. Door in S wall of tower; two windows each in N and S walls with pointer arches and hood mouldings, apse lit by three small lancets; unusual hour-glass-like first storey openings in tower. Church still in use. 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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