- Leap, County Cork
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Leap (/ˈlɛp/; Irish: Léim Uí Dhonnabháin) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, situated at the north end of Glandore Harbour, several miles inland from the seacoast.
Its full Irish name means "O'Donovan's Leap" and is derived from the story of a chieftain called O'Donovan, who was pursued by English soldiers, but escaped them by jumping across a ravine at the bottom of the village.
Leap is located on the N71 national secondary road which runs through West cork from Cork city (one hour drive away). It is in the parish of Kilmacabea which also includes Glandore village.
In the village itself it currently has 5 bars, of which 2 serve food and one is a music venue, furniture & hardware stores, a petrol station/post office/shop, and 2 other shops. There is also a Gaelic football pitch at the bottom of the village.
Connolly's of Leap, a bar and musical venue closed in 2007. It had been a pub since 1810.
In 1684, Jeremiah O'Donovan (MP Baltimore), Lord of Clan Loughlin, obtained letters patent from Charles II of England. His extensive landholdings in the surrounding countryside were erected into the Manor of O'Donovan's Leap, or the Manor of the Leap.
See also
List of towns and villages in Ireland
External links
Categories:- County Cork geography stubs
- Towns and villages in County Cork
- O'Donovan family
- Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names
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