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  • A souterrain at Corran, Co. Cork 
    McCarthy, J. P. (Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1975)
    This site was first discovered when the weight of a mechanical digger overhead caused the roof of the main chamber to collapse. This was in November 1975 and it was first reported in the Cork Examiner where it was described ...
  • The Aghadown bronze axes, Paddock Td., Co. Cork 
    McCarthy, J. P. (Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1978)
    A brief account of the two axes to be described and illustrated here was published by Power in 1926. He states that they were discovered at Aghadown near Baltimore, in a souterrain locally known as Poll-a-Talmhain
  • Ballineaspigmore and Bishopstown House 
    McCarthy, J. P. (Bishopstown Community Association, 1981)
    Ballineaspig, anglicised Bishopstown, consists of two townlands which are Ballineaspigmore and Ballineaspigbeg. Taken together, both townlands oc­cupy an area identifiable in modern day terms as lying approximately be­tween ...
  • Summary of a study of county Cork souterrains 
    McCarthy, J. P. (Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1983)
    There are several thousand souterrains in Ireland, and in Co. Cork to date we have records of the existence of approximately 500. The scientific name souterrain is an antiquarian's term for these monuments. Other names ...
  • Dunisky, Co. Cork: a refuge souterrain? 
    McCarthy, J. P. (Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 2003)
    The townland of Dunisky (Dún Uisce, 'water fort', see Ó Murchadha 2001, 98) is situated about 2.5 miles to the SE of Macroom, Co. Cork (Ill. 1). It is also the Civil Parish of Dunisky, and is located in the Barony of West ...