Donoughmore

Donoughmore
Not to be confused with other places in Ireland named Donoughmore or Donaghmore.
Donoughmore
Domhnach Mór
—  Parish  —
Donoughmore is located in Ireland
Donoughmore
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°59′N 8°45′W / 51.99°N 8.75°W / 51.99; -8.75Coordinates: 51°59′N 8°45′W / 51.99°N 8.75°W / 51.99; -8.75
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Cork
Area
 - Parish 90.28 km2 (34.9 sq mi)
ElevationMax 383 m (1,257 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Rural 2,392
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 - Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference W487822

Donoughmore is a parish in County Cork which lies 25 km west north west of Cork city in Ireland.[1]

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Amenities

Donoughmore has two primary schools. Scoil Iósaif and St. Lachteen's.[2] There used to be more schools within the parish, including Rathcoola School.

There are four public houses in Donoughmore: "Josie's Bar", "Pat Barrys", "Sullys", and "Hoggies".[citation needed]

Religion

Donoughmore civil parish is coterminous with the Roman Catholic parish which has two functioning churches: St. Josephs and St. Lachtin's. These churches are in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.

A Church of Ireland church existed in the parish until the 1960s, when it was de-consecrated. The building was a garage until recently, and a plaque in the garage commemorated this fact.

At Donoughmore-cross there is also the ruins of a very old church. This church is the origin of the shrine of St Lachtins arm.[3] This shrine now resides in the National Museum of Ireland and is a hollow bronze sculpture of an arm and hand. The shrine contains wood which itself contains a small cavity that would have held a relic at one time.

Sport

The most popular sport in the area are the Gaelic games, and the local club is a dual code club as it plays both Hurling and Gaelic football. The club plays in the Muskery (often called Mid-Cork) division of Cork .[4] The Ladies' footballers have had success at the highest level, winning the Senior All-Ireland in 2001 and 2003 and being runners up twice in 2004 and 2009.[5] In the men's, the footballers have been the most successful being the runners up in the Junior A Mid-Cork championship nine times in 1953, 56, 57, 62, 76, 81, 82, 93 2000 and 2011 but winning in 1952, 1983 and 1998.[6][7] In 1983 they went on to win that year's County championship.[8] The Junior A Hurlers have reached the Mid-Cork final on six occasions in 1933, 1935, 1943, 1952, 2001 and 2008 - unfortunately the title has eluded them so far.[9][10]

There is also a soccer team named Donoughmore Athletic,[11] an Athletic Club,[12] a Tug-o-war club, and a Basketball club named "Singletons Super Valu Dononoughmore" - which won the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Championship. The newest sport to start in Donoughmore is Baseball with the "Druids" being formed in 2004.[13] Hare Coursing, Road Bowling and Set dancing also take place in Donoughmore.

Other notable facts

  • The Earl of Donoughmore, an earl in the British peerage system, takes his name from Donoughmore. The story is that Francis Hely of neighbouring Kilshannig conformed to the Established religion, after doing so he was able to marry a Protestant woman named Prudence Earbery, the daughter of Mathias Earbery a leaseowner in Donoughmore. Their son John Hely married a woman by the name of Christina Nixon who was an heiress to her grand-uncle Richard Hutchinson. After marriage he took the name of John Hely-Hutchinson. He became a politician and provost of Trinity College Dublin. Using his position he got his wife a peerage and she took the name of his homeland as her title even though she did not live there but in Knocklofty, Tipperary. She became Baroness Donoughmore of Knocklofty and her son Richard Hely-Hutchinson became the first Baron Donoughmore and later after supporting the Act Of Union he became the Earl.[14][15] The current Earl lives in Brampton England.
  • Although the aforementioned Church of Ireland church is now gone, the title of Prebendary of Donoughmore still exists. The current prebendary is Revd George P. St J. Hilliard, chaplain to the University College Cork.[16]
  • In the Irish Census system the smallest unit of area that data is collected for is called an "electoral division". In urban area's these "ed's" can be drawn up arbitrarily but in rural contexts they are usually calculated by grouping townland's together. Donoughmore consists of 3 electoral divisions and they are called Firmount(No:89), Gowlane(No:207) and Kilcullen(No:211). The 2006 population of Donoughmore was therefore 2392 an increase of 16% since 2002. The size of Donoughmore is stated as 22309 Acres or 9028 Hectares.[17][18]
  • Donoughmore was formerly linked with Cork by the narrow gauge Cork and Muskerry Light Railway. The Donoughmore line opened in 1893 but closed in 1934.
  • The Rathcoola Residency was an art programme for established Australian or New Zealand writers or artists where successful applicants received AUS$20,000 and six months accommodation at Rathcoola House in Donoughmore on condition that after the six months one piece of literature or art must be donated to the trust that runs the residency.[19]
  • In 2007 Donald Attig, a resident of Donoughmore , along with Jack Donovan of Ballincollig set records for the first transit of the River Shannon Navigation in an engineless live aboard Pleasure Boat. In 2008 Attig established new Benchmark Records by being the first person to complete the Shannon Navigation single handed in a live aboard pleasure boat.
  • Donoughmore is like most of county cork in the South Western River basin district. Within this district it is in the Lower Lee - Owenboy Water Management Unit. [20]
  • Donoughmore lies partly in the Boggeragh Mountain range. Uctough and Knockagoun are the only two mountains from the range that are in Donoughmore. Uctough 's peak at 383m is within the parish bounds, whilst Knockagoun 's peak is outside the parish bounds, within the parish it reaches between 380m - 386m .

Places of note

  • The village of Stuake lies at the north end of the parish.
  • There are a number of stone age structures in Donoughmore. Mostly standing stones and ring forts. Some of the stones have examples of the Ogham script engraved on them.[21]
  • Donoughmore is subdivided into townlands. The following list is from biggest to smallest. There are 40 townlands in total. Barrahaurin, Gowlane North, Pluckanes North, Meenahony, Kilcullen South, Coolmona, Kilcullen North, Ahadillane, Garraun North, Ballygirriha, Fornaght, Ballycunningham, Derry, Gowlane South, Coollicka, Garraun South, Killeenleigh, Lackabane, Rathcoola East, Rathcoola West, Garraunredmond, Commeenaplaw, Bunkilla, Monataggart, Kilmartin Lower, Pluckanes East, Pluckanes West, Knockanare, Kilmartin Upper, Knockyrourke, Curragh, Ballykerwick, Firmount, Ballycraheen, Scarteen, Knockane, Monavanshere, Pluckanes South, Ballyhennessy, Ballyvodane.[22]

References

  1. ^ 1:50 000 ordnance survey map of Ireland, Discovery series No. 80
  2. ^ "St Lachteens National School Donoughmore". Lachteen.ie. http://www.lachteen.ie. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  3. ^ "Shrine of St Lachtin". Museum.ie. http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/list/8-major-pieces.aspx?article=29ccd0de-4d32-4c99-9e48-1a2718a8e061. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 
  4. ^ "Donoughmore Gaa Website". Donoughmoregaa.ie. http://www.donoughmoregaa.ie. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  5. ^ "The Ladies Gaelic Football Association of Ireland - Senior Club Championship". Ladiesgaelic.ie. http://www.ladiesgaelic.ie/honours/clbChamp.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  6. ^ "Muskerry Junior A Football Final". Homepage.eircom.net. http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/muskerry_junior_a_football_finals_1.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  7. ^ "Muskerry Junior A Football Final". Homepage.eircom.net. http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/muskerry_junior_a_football_finals_2.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  8. ^ "Junior A County Football Finals". Homepage.eircom.net. http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/junior_a_county_football_finals_2.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  9. ^ "Muskerry Junior A Hurling Finals". Homepage.eircom.net. http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/muskerry_junior_a_hurling_finals_1.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  10. ^ "Muskerry Junior A Hurling Finals". Homepage.eircom.net. http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/muskerry_junior_a_hurling_finals_2.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  11. ^ "Donoughmore Athletic Football Club - Home". Donoughmoreafc.com. http://www.donoughmoreafc.com. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  12. ^ "donoughmorerunning.com". donoughmorerunning.com. http://www.donoughmorerunning.com. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  13. ^ "Home". Druids Baseball. http://www.druidsbaseball.com/. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  14. ^ "HELVIDIUS PRISCUS - Online Information article about HELVIDIUS PRISCUS". Encyclopedia.jrank.org. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/HEG_HIG/HELVIDIUS_PRISCUS.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  15. ^ Diarmuid O Murchadha "Family Names of County Cork" The Collins Press, Cork 1996 p174
  16. ^ "A province of the Anglican Communion". Church of Ireland. http://churchofireland.net/index.php?do=information&id=123. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  17. ^ Census 2006 Results
  18. ^ Donoughmore is found under kilcullen, Gowlane and Firmount
  19. ^ "Rathcoola.info". Rathcoola.info. http://www.rathcoola.info/. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  20. ^ "South Western River Basin District WMU plans 2009". http://www.wfdireland.ie/docs/1_River%20Basin%20Management%20Plans%202009%20-%202015/SWRBD%20RBMP%202010/Water%20Management%20Unit%20Action%20Plans/Lower%20Lee%20Owenboy.pdf. Retrieved 26/06/2011. 
  21. ^ "Gowlane North". Irishmegaliths.org.uk. http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/zGowlaneNorth.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  22. ^ Click on historic map to see townlands only and zoom in and out for better detail

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