What is recorded here

Man-made underground passage in Brenormore is a man-made underground passage in Brenormore, County Tipperary, Ireland. Keatinge recorded the passage on the east side of the associated ringfort in 1858-9, describing a bell or beehive-shaped entrance and a debris-choked route that widened enough for a man to stand erect. That account also mentions rooms of some extent and several smaller ones beside the passage, although no visible surface trace exists and neither the 1840 nor 1904 Ordnance Survey maps depict it.

Keatinge (1858-9, 12) refers to the Man-made underground passage as being on the E side of the ringfort and describes it as 'a passage or way within the rath, and on the inner side of this passage I found more than one half of a little building, of the rudest stones, but still showing great tact and ingenuity in the erection of a bell or beehive-shaped entrance to the rath. At the bottom, a passage, choked somewhat with debris, leads into the fort, and some of the people in the immediate neighbourhood have gone in a short way', he goes on to describe how a local man 'entered with lights, and on going in a few yards through the sewer-like passage, he found it so enlarge so as to be able to stand erect. This man said that he found rooms of some extent and several small ones on the sides of the passage'. Associated with ringfort (TS071-023001-). No visible surface trace. Not depicted or named on 1st (1840) ed. or 2nd (1904) ed. OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 30 September 2014

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