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1. Templebreedy Church - The History of a Famous County Cork Ruin (continued)

   

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   The church was to be in length 46 feet, by 24 feet broad, 14 feet high above the ground, and 2 feet underground. The biggest item in estimate was "To 25 ton of Red dale at £3-10 per ton for the Roof, Walls, Slate and Beams, £87-10". Another item reads "To labourers hire attending said work, £12."
   These figures may seem surprisingly small. But in that age a labourer's pay was sixpence per pay, and brick could be bought for seven shillings per thousand.
   The spire of the present ruin is surmounted by a weather vane which bears the date 1856. This vane erected by one Charles Jordan, a stone mason, who lived in a house near the present Crosshaven dispensary. This vane usually prompts the visitor to think that this was the year in which the church was erected.
   An Earlier Church
   This church was built on the site of an earlier one. Bishop Dive Downes, Bishop

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Síle Ní Bhailís

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Macroom, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Muiris Ó Conaill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Macroom, Co. Cork