Carrigrohanebeg Church (in Ruins) — Carrigrohane Beg

At N end of graveyard (CO073-04401-); ruins of rectangular church (int. 11m E-W; 5.6m N-S; see plan, Henchion 1968b, 176); E gable and returns of N (L 3.8m) and S (L 1.4m) walls stand to near full height, though heavily ivy-clad; otherwise walls reduced to sod-covered foundations. Lintelled window embrasure in centre of E wall; single flat-headed light, chamfered on outer edge. Side of window embrasure evident on broken edge of S wall. E end of interior filled with c. 0.75m of gravel and earth, otherwise interior level, with rows of low uninscribed grave markers. Remains of parish church of Carrigrohanebeg; W wall had already fallen in 1700 when the rest 'overgrown with ivy' (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 88). 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