Kinure Church (in Ruins)

In centre of graveyard (CO112-047001-), sod-covered remains of rectangular church (c. 14m E-W; c. 8.5m N-S). N wall borders two burial vaults. Interior overgrown but Brunicardi (1913, 54) records 'remains of a chancel wall about three feet high dividing the church into halves'. Parish church of Kinure; in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 354). 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