What is recorded here

Inchamay North in County Cork still carries the memory of riders tying horses at Gleantán 'a gCapall before crossing a river to receive mass on a flat green mountain space. The tradition says the Mass-stone was removed but could still be seen in a nearby cliff in 1938, preserving the shape of a practice that turned an ordinary mountain edge into a place of worship.

McCarthy (1991, 89), quoting from the UCD Schools Folklore Survey, recorded the tradition that mass was celebrated 'on a flat green space of mountain (Con O'Brien's land). The Mass-stone was still (1938) to be seen in a nearby cliff to where it had been removed. The mountain opposite was called Gleantán 'a gCapall because those who came to Mass, tied their horses here and crossed the river to Mass'. Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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