What is recorded here
The town of Rosscarbery occupies site of monastery founded by St Fachtna of Molana c. 600 AD, raided by Norsemen in 990 (Gwynn and Hadcock, 1988, 96); principal monastery of Corca Loigde and famous for its school, later chosen as see of Ross diocese, (C of I cathedral (3247) at E end of town) (Killanin and Duignan…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO143-099
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, 2pos.irish
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Carbery Rangers club gallery; individual maker not named, carberyrangers.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, global-geography.org
- Eddie O’Hare / EchoLive, EchoLive
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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