The magic of Christmas came early to Cork city\u2019s South East ward this year as an unexpected archaeological find in Ballintemple has uncovered a piece of the famed Beamish family\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, ESB crews were undertaking routine installation works in the Ballintemple area when a stone tunnel, which once belonged to the historical Beaumont House, was discovered.<\/p>\n
During the 1700s, following his departure from the army, Beaumont House was home to William Beamish of Cork\u2019s Beamish & Crawford brewery.<\/p>\n
In 1792, when Beamish & Crawford was first established, Mr Beamish resided at Beaumont House, a large period residence situated on Beaumont Hill, with his family.<\/p>\n
Many years later, during the 1920s, Beaumont House fell into disrepair and was later demolished during the 1950s.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Echo, a spokesperson for ESB Networks said a contractor working on behalf of the company came across what was later confirmed by Cork City Council to be the partial remains of an underground tunnel associated with the demolished house.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe discovery was made while the contractor was carrying out trenching and ducting installation works for ESB Networks in the Ballintemple area,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe tunnel was deemed to be roughly 6-8m long and roughly 1.2m-1.5m high.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was reported to Cork City Council and the tunnel was photographed and recorded by an archaeologist from the local authority.\u201d<\/p>\n
Independent councillor for the Cork city South East ward, Kieran McCarthy said there is \u201ca rich history associated with Beaumont House and the historic estate\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs part of essential ESB connection works between the Marina and Trabeg, an ESB contractor started works at the pedestrian entrance to Beaumont Park from the cul de sac on Silverdale Avenue,\u201d said Mr McCarthy.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTo undertake these works, the pedestrian railing, ramps, and stone wall were temporarily removed to facilitate access for the ESB works in Beaumont Park.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cA small foundational and cellar part of Beaumont House in Beaumont Park was discovered as a result of the trench dug by Beaumont School.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn essence, Beaumont Park holds many hidden and rich history stories, which are important to tell,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese stories form the physical and symbolic foundations of how fabulous parks like Beaumont came into being.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany thanks to the ESB workers for their stoppage and calling for archaeological investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following this, Mr McCarthy said he contacted Cork City Council\u2019s executive archaeologist, Ciara Brett, to report the find, who later liaised with the ESB and recorded the discovery.<\/p>\n
Mr McCarthy, who conducts historical walking tours of prominent sites around Cork city, said he is \u201clooking forward to hosting another tour in the park and its surrounds in spring of next year\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The magic of Christmas came early to Cork city\u2019s South East ward this year as an unexpected archaeological…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8932,79,2284,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-215377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-city-centre","tag-cork-news","tag-history","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}