What is recorded here
According to Smith (1750, vol. 1, 381) 'a considerable part of the lands of this parish', whose church St. Brendan (CO074-058---) stood - on N side of River Lee and on one side of Youghal road -, 'were formerly appropriated to the maintenance of a leper-house'. Exact location not known.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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