County: Cork Site name: killathy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO035–005(02) Licence number: E004098
Author: Catryn Power, Cork County Archaeologist, County Hall, Cork City.
Site type: Medieval church
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 574054m, N 599872m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.150091, -8.379119
Conservation works were undertaken by the craftsmen of the Historic Monument’s Advisory Committee of Cork County Council, at the medieval parish church of Killathy. The church is in ruins, and comprises the nave and an added chancel (Cotter 2000). It is densely overgrown. The walls are constructed of a mixture of limestone and sandstone rubble. Brady recorded that the Papal Taxation of 1291 lists this church, and that it was in ruins in 1774 (Brady 1863). Killathy church was identified with Aichedh, a subsidiary church of Tuath O Quinn, in Crichadh an Chaoilli (Power 1932). Loose stonework on the north wall, east gable, all wall tops, and faces, were consolidated. The window at the east end of the north wall was sagging and has been repaired and consolidated. There was no ground disturbance, hence no hitherto unknown archaeological stratigraphy was uncovered.
References
Brady, W.M. 1863 Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (3 vols), Vol 2. Privately published.
Cotter, E. 2000 Condition survey of heritage sites in the care of Cork County Council. Unpublished.
Power, P. Crichadh an Chaoill, being the topography of ancient Fermoy. Cork.
