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Where No Bells Toll

Where No Bells Toll

Long in ruins, this is Christ Church, otherwise Magourney parish church in Coachford, County Cork. In 1750 Charles Smith called it ‘new’ suggesting the building had likely been constructed in the first half of the 18th century. Thanks to funds provided by the ever-helpful Board of First Fruits, in 1818/19 it was extensively refurbished and the tower raised to its present level with blind lunettes…

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Cork's Suicide Bridge

Rooves Bridge, on the road from Coachford to Bandon in Cork, is the longest bridge over the river Lee. But, it's famous locally for a different and much more tragic reason. 

The barriers were put in place in an effort to discourage or make it more difficult for people to jump off.