Shannonvale or Shannon Vale is a small rural village near Clonakilty in County Cork, Ireland.^[2] It lies in the civil parishes of Kilnagross and Templebryan.^[3] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include stone circle, ogham stone and bullaun stone sites in a large ecclesiastical enclosure in the townland of Templebryan North.^[4][5] Shannonvale takes its name from the Earls of Shannon, who owned much of the land in the area and built a large house and mill locally in the mid-18th century.^[6] This flour mill was once served by a short spur line from the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway.^[7] The Battle of the Big Cross took place just north of the village during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.^[8]