South Parish, Cork

The parish stretches from Oliver Plunkett Street in the north to St Patrick's Road in the south and from Sharman Crawford Street in the west to Albert Road in the east.

In the oldest known maps of Cork City, including examples dated to 1545 and 1601, there are structures shown in the area.

[5] The Red Abbey, Cork's oldest surviving medieval structure,[6] was built in the late 13th or early 14th century.

They were attacked by Williamite forces from the Red Abbey and Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral.

This siege led to significant damage to buildings in the area, such as the Red Abbey, which was never used for religious purposes again and St Nicholas Church, which was not rebuilt until 1720.