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In Cusheen Wood, c. 40m to N of roadway. Roofless, gabled, rectangular structure (13.38m NE-SW; 6.96m NW-SE); named 'Chapel of Ease' on 1842 OS 6-inch map, described by O'Donoghue (1986, 274) as 'an old Protestant church which was closed in or about 1912'. Interior covered in low overgrowth. Door (Wth 0.97m) in centre of S wall, wooden lintel (now gone) with flat stone arch overhead. Outside door is small added porch with a door in its S wall. Tall windows (H c. 2.7m; Wth c. 1.37m) with wooden lintels (now gone) on either side of door in S wall; similar windows in centre of E and W gables (lintel remains only in E window). Small lintelled fireplace in centre of N wall, overhead is chimney stack. External walls plastered. Built on low plinth (H c. 0.25m) which projects out 0.07m at base. 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 local Protestant church, built in the early 19th century as a Chapel of Ease, serving the nearby population; its rectangular, gabled form reflects typical ecclesiastical architecture of the period, and it is noted on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map.