Cork Abbey site and Abbey Well (Cork Great)

Church site and holy well (no visible remains)

OS Letters (1837) recorded a tradition that Cork Abbey house stood on an earlier abbey, with a burial ground nearby, and a vaulted brick-lined 'Abbey Well'. The house was demolished and a housing estate now occupies the site. Ball notes O'Curry's suggestion of a foundation by St Curcagh.

Period: Medieval tradition
Distance: 2.6 km from St Anne's Church

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Nearby history & heritage

Woodbrook (house and golf club) Country house; golf club · 2.1 km Dublin Rd, Cork Great, Bray, Co. Wicklow

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Corke Lodge Country house · 2.0 km Woodbrook, Dublin Rd, Cork Great, Bray, Co. Dublin, A98 X264
Martello Tower No. 3, Cork Great (Corke Abbey) Martello tower · 2.6 km
The Aske and Beauchamp (Dublin Road) Country houses · 1.9 km
St James's Church, Crinken (Church of Ireland) Church · 1.6 km Cork Little, Bray, Co. Dublin, A98 VX58
Beauchamp Manor · 1.6 km Dublin Road, Bray

Sources: National Monuments Service · National Monuments Service · Ball, History of the County Dublin · Suggest a correction