Knocknagree

Knocknagree

Knocknagree

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Knocknagree (Irish: Cnoc na Graí;[2] the hill of the horse stud) is a village in north-west County Cork in Ireland. Located on the R582 (Ballydesmond to Macroom) regional road it is 5 km north of Rathmore. It is approximately one mile from the Cork-Kerry border, and looks south towards the Blackwater River. Across the Blackwater River is Gneeveguilla, one of the nearest villages on the other side of border with County Kerry. Knocknagree is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.

Quick Facts Irish: Cnoc na Graí, Country ...

The village had, in 2004 and 2005, seen some redevelopment on the expansive "fairfield" or village green.[citation needed] Before the advent of the modern cattle-mart, this green was the venue of one of the largest livestock markets in Munster.[citation needed] This market died out in the 1970s.[citation needed]

The village is near the southern edge of the area known as Sliabh Luachra.

History

On 7 February 1921, Michael J. Kelleher, aged 14, who while playing with other boys of his own age, ran away on the approach of military lorries and was shot dead. Two other boys, aged 8 and 11 years, were wounded.[3] The eighteenth-century poet Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin died here.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Knocknagree". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office.
  2. [2]
    Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. [3]
    Congressional Serial Set. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 29.
  4. [4]
    Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin: aspects of his life and work
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