[1] Farran lies within the historical barony of Muskerry East and the ancient parish of Aglish (from Irish: Eaglais, meaning 'church').

[6][7] Replacing a smaller temporary church which dated from the 1820s,[6] it was built beside the road leading from Farran village to Aglish burial ground.

Funded by local subscription,[8] the church was built in a Gothic Revival style by contractor John Crean to designs by ME Hadfield and George Goldie of Sheffield.

It is a public park operated by Coillte, and is located on the southern bank of the River Lee at Inniscarra Lake.

The ruins of the two structures lie in the townland of Kilcrea on the southern bank of the River Bride, approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from Farran village.

Among the people buried at Kilcrea Abbey are several generations of the MacCarthys of Muskerry, the writer Art Ó Laoghaire and Thomas O'Herlahy the Catholic Bishop of Ross.

The abbey was pillaged several times, and though restored to the Franciscans in the early 17th century, was abandoned before being occupied during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

[18][19] Kilcrea railway station, located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Farran Cross, was formerly a stop on the Cork-Macroom line, and accommodated cargo and passenger trains.

Within Aglish parish, in the townland of Rooves Beg, is a holy well known in Irish as Tobar Riogh an Domhnaigh (King of Sunday).