Rushbrooke

Rushbrooke

Rushbrooke is a small village which has become a suburb of the town of Cobh on the Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland.

The area is named after Lord Rushbrooke, who originally owned most of the property in the area. The current Lord Rushbrooke, believed to currently reside in England, still owns much of the land in the area.

Rushbrooke contains some of the most beautiful examples of Victorian houses in Ireland, and is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after housing locations in the Cork regionFact|date=August 2008. There is much regeneration underway of the heritage houses of Rushbrooke, many of which are now listed buildings.

Rushbrooke has the oldest tennis club in Ireland, namely the Rushbrooke Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. [http://homepage.eircom.net/~rltcc/] .

Rushbrooke has a long tradition of ship and boat-building. The docks at Rushbrooke were founded by Joseph Wheeler and became the home of the former Dutch-owned Verolme Cork Dockyard which once employed over 1,100 people in shipbuilding. Many large ships were built and launched from Verolme as well as a number of naval vessels for the Irish Naval Service which has its headquarters nearby. Unfortunately the yard closed in the mid 1980s with major job losses but in recent years the dockyard has been redeveloped into a commercial and small industries park, while Cork Dockyard Holdings Ltd. continues with ship and boat repair.

An array of housing estates are being built on the outskirts of the Rushbrooke area at present.

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Many people gather each year for tournaments in the Rushbrooke Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. [http://homepage.eircom.net/~rltcc/]

Transport

Rushbrooke also has a railway station on the main Cork to Cobh line, located close to the Cork Dockyard Commercial Development, Rushbrooke railway station, which opened on 10 March 1862 and closed for goods traffic on 2 December 1974. [cite web | title=Rushbrooke station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-08-31] .

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