What is recorded here

English forces plundered Timoleague friary in 1612, after which local people turned its damaged interior into a burial ground. They kept adding graves until the floor rose far above the original building line, transforming a ruined religious house into a layered mound of memory. Sean O Coileain, an 18th century Gaelic poet, still rests among those forgotten dead, his name preserved while most others faded into the soil.

After Timoleague friary was plundered by English forces in 1612 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 260) it began to be used as a burial ground by local people (Wholley 1986, 4). Except for the N cloister range all interior of friary used for burials so that ground level now much higher than original. Modern extension to graveyard to N. The 18th century gaelic poet Sean O Coileain is buried here. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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