Mass-house in Ballyhimock, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In farmyard, on S side of road. One-storey gable-ended farm building with slated roof; interior empty. According to local tradition, used as 'Mass House' in Penal times. Across small yard to N is vacant 2-storey gable-ended farmhouse with slated roof. Both structures of late-18th/early 19th-century appearance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-197

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