The ruins of Timoleague Abbey stand at the end of the Courtmacsherry Bay, in W. Cork not far from Kinsale.  Originally a Franciscan Friary (1240 a.d.) built on the site of St. Molaga's cell, it was destroyed by the English in 1642.  Today it serves as a cemetery for the local people.

John Collins (Seán Ó Coileáin) of Skibbereen wrote, in Irish, the poem, "The Melancholy Man's Meditations of seeing the Abbey of Timoleague in 1813"  To read an English translation, click here.