What is recorded here

Ooanagolour Cave is a small Waterford limestone chamber reached through a narrow twelve-metre passage, where medieval pottery and animal bones emerged during a 1906 investigation. It faces west on a low slope, close enough to Brothers' Cave for imagination to connect them even though the hidden route remains closed. The chamber is small enough to hold a lantern, a child's laughter or a forgotten feast, yet deep enough to keep some of that life back.

Located on a low W-facing slope. A limestone cave known locally as 'Ooanagoloor' (dims. c. 5m x c. 3m) is entered by a narrow passage (L c. 12m). It was investigated in 1906 when the bones of fowl and rabbit with some pottery, possibly medieval in date, were found. The first entrance to the Brothers' Cave is c. 70m to the SW, but a connection between the two caves was not re-opened. The original notebooks have been recovered and more detailed interpretations will be possible (Corlett and Dowd 2002). (Forsayeth 1909; 1931; Coleman 1947, 71) Colman, J. C. (1947) Irish cave excavtion. JRSAI, 77, 63-77. Corlett, C. and Dowd, M. (2002) Brothers in caves. - lost archives of subterranean Waterford rediscovered. Arch. Irl. vol. 16, 1, No. 59, 8-10. Forsayeth, G. W. (1909) Cave exploration in Waterford, WAJ 12, 111-2. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 August, 2011

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