What is recorded here

O'Sullivan (1955) recorded a saint's grave in Ballymacoo: a coffin-shaped enclosure ringed by a low mound on three sides, hidden across the river from Tobairín Beannuighthe. Whether the dead person was a wandering hermit, a forgotten king or a child who touched the water, the earth still holds the shape of that loss. The exact spot has slipped from memory, but the river and mound preserve the outline of someone the community refused to release.

O'Sullivan (1955, 2) noted 'a saint's grave' in this townland. He described it as a 'coffin shaped enclosure surrounded by low mound in North, East and West'. He gives its location as 'across the river from Tobairín Beannuighthe' (9259). Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A possible early Christian burial site, possibly medieval in date, associated with a saint; its local religious and historical significance is indicated by O'Sullivan's reference to a "saint's grave."

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