CO-INGL-0127

Record Date: 
19 June 2013
Graveyard: 
Inchigeelagh
Exact wording of epitaph: 

{No visible inscription, but see notes}

Memorial Type: 
Chest tomb
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.843518055556
Longitude: 
-9.1189513888889
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Donnacha?
Surname: 
O'Leary?
Name: 
Sabina?
Surname: 
O'Carroll
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Notes: 

Notes on Oral Tradition by Joe Creedon, hotel proprietor and local historian.

Thought to be the tomb of chieftain Donnacha O'Leary and his wife Sabina O'Carroll (16th cent.), builders of Carrignacurra Castle, 1 mile east.

Tomb built next to the sanctuary of an earlier church on the identical spot.