What is recorded here
Roadside atop ridge; roughly circular graveyard (diam. c. 50m) enclosed by stone wall. N of centre is ruin of Matehy parish church (9497). Large collection of 18th- and 19th-century headstones to S of church, earliest noted dated 1723; more recent burials to N of church; also many low uninscribed grave markers. May be site of 'vicarage of Hospitallers 'mentioned in 14th-century document (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 345). Hartnett (1939, 290) notes tradition which links this site with graveyard in Loughane West (9548) (Sheehan 1975).
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
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