Bowman (1934, 570) recorded ‘Carraig an Aifrinn – Mass Rock, about 150 yds. N.W. of Carraig a Tuama. It is said that Mass was offered up here in the Penal Times’. Carrig a Tuama was the most southern cleft of Carrigcleena outcrop (ibid.). Exact location of mass rock not known.
16341,CO06585,MARO,CO043-009—-,CORK,CHIMNEYFIELD,R113815,568355,590300,52.063747210000002,-8.461513360000000,Mass-rock,NULL,’Carrig an Aifrinn’ (1935),https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO043-009—-,Rock platform on E side of river Bride with rock cliff rising behind. White metal cross hangs suspended down cliff face. Plaque with inscription in both Irish and English reads ‘Mass was said here in Penal times’. Access to W is via iron and wooden bridge; to S path leads N from road.

Monument Type: Mass-rock

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