Rosscarbery
Rosscarbery
Irish:Ros Ó gCairbre | |
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Village | |
 Exterior of pub in Rosscarbery | |
  Rosscarbery Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:51°34′40.80″N09°01′54.12″W/ 51.5780000°N 9.0317000°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| District | Clonakilty |
| Population | 490 |
| Time zone | UTC+0(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1(IST(WEST)) |
| Website | www |
Rosscarbery(Irish:Ros Ó gCairbre,meaning 'Cairbre's wood')[2]is a village andcensus towninCounty Cork,Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in theCork South-West(Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats.
History
[edit]The area has been inhabited since at least theNeolithic period,as evidenced by several Neolithic sites such as portaldolmens.The area is also home to a number of Bronze Age remains, including a number ofstone circlesandring forts.There are two inscribed stones in Burgatia, and several (later)holy wellsnearby.[citation needed]
Rosscarbery was home to theSchool of Ross,a major centre of learning, at one time being a university town, and one of the major cities inEurope,around the 6th century. Due to its popularity as a centre of pilgrimage it was also known asRos Ailithir ( "Wood of the Pilgrims" ).[3]The hereditary chieftains of the area, ortuath,were theO'Learys,known as Uí Laoghaire Ruis Ó gCairbre, until it passed to Norman control in the early thirteenth century.[4]The entire region had belonged to the ancientCorcu Loígde,of whom the O'Learys were one of the leadingsepts.[citation needed]
In March 1921, during theIrish War of Independence,Tom Barry's3rd Cork (IRA) Brigadeattacked and destroyed theRoyal Irish Constabularybarracks in Rosscarbery. Two RIC officers were killed in the attack, and nine others were injured.[5][6]There is a plaque on the site of the former barracks, beside the current Garda station, commemorating the event.[7]
Demographics
[edit]In the 20 years between the 1991 and 2011 census, the population of Rosscarbery grew by approximately 17%, from 455 to 534 people.[8]As of the2016 census,the population was 490.[8]
As a tourist area, there are a number of holiday homes around Rosscarbery,[1]which results in an annual swell in population during summer months.[citation needed]
Religion
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The Church of Ireland's dioceses ofCork, Cloyne and Rosswere effectively merged during rationalisation in the 1860s. The bishop of this tridiocese,Paul Colton,is based in Cork.
There is a cathedral in Rosscarbery, an unusual feature for what is now a relatively small settlement. It is aChurch of Irelandcathedral -St. Fachtna's Cathedral.St Fachtna's is the smallest cathedral in Ireland, and is the size of a typical parish church.
The Catholic church, in the diocese of Cork and Ross, is also called St. Fachtna's and dates from 1820.[9]
Places of interest
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Square
[edit]An annual horse fair is held in Rosscarbery's square every year in August.[10]
Beaches
[edit]Rosscarbery is a tourist destination in the summertime, being in proximity to at least three beaches. The nearest of these, the "Warren Beach", is about a mile from the village, and is designated ablue flag beach,along with the nearbyOwenahinchabeach. Extensivecoastal erosionat Warren Beach resulted in remedial works being undertaken throughout 2004 and 2005.[citation needed]Rosscarbery Pitch & Putt Club is located at the beach.
Estuary
[edit]Rosscarbery has a tidal estuary and mudflat on the south side of the main road and causeway (N71) and a large brackish lagoon on the north side. At the west end of the causeway, south of the main road is a small lagoon with reed beds.[11]
Antiquities
[edit]Bohonaghis arecumbentstone circlelocated 2.4 km east of Rosscarbery.[12]It dates to the Bronze Age and a boulder-burial is located nearby.[13]
Castle Salemis also near the village, and was the home to the Morris family from around 1660 until the early 1800s. The castle is now a guest house and run by the family who bought the castle in 1895.
Transport
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Rosscarbery is on theN71 roadthat runs through counties Cork and Kerry. The nearest town isClonakilty(10 kilometres (6 mi) to the north-east).Cork cityis 53 kilometres (33 mi) to the north-east.
There are bus routes serving Rosscarbery that operate along the N71.
The nearest airport isCork Airport.
Sport
[edit]The localGaelic Athletic Associationclub isCarbery Rangers,founded in 1887. In November 2003, Carbery Rangers won their first everfootballCounty Junior A title,and subsequently a Junior Munster,Intermediate County,Munster, andAll-Irelandtitles. The club has since graduated to the senior ranks.
Rosscarbery Rowing Club competes at regattas in West Cork and at the Irish Coastal Rowing Federation Championships each August.
People
[edit]- Fachtna of Rosscarbery(diedc. 600), founder of Ros Ailithir monastery.
- Airbertach mac Cosse(diedc. 1016), was a poet and the lector and superior of Ros Ailithir monastery.
- William Thompson(1775-1833), the Irish political and philosophical writer and socialist reformer, was also connected with Rosscarbery
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa(1831-1915), a leader of the IrishFenianmovement, was from Rosscarbery
- Tom Barry(1897–1980), a leader of theIrish War of Independence,is also associated with the area. Born in Kerry to Cork parents, as of the 1901 census records his family were living inKillorglin,[14]where Barry's father [also Thomas] was posted to Killorglin barracks as anRIC constable.[15]Tom Barry had moved to Rosscarbery with his family by 1911,[16]and a Rosscarbery house bears a plaque to this effect. In his memoir,Guerrilla Days in Ireland,Barry recalls riding a cow through the main street to amuse other boys.
- John Hodnett(b.1999), arugby unionplayer forMunster.[17]
Annalistic references
[edit]SeeAnnals of Inisfallen(AI)
- AI924.1 Kl.Gothbraid, grandson of Ímar,went by sea westwards and took the hostages of the south of Ireland by sea to Ros Ailithir.
- AI933.2 Repose of Ólchobar, abbot of Ros Ailithir.
- AI954.2 Repose of Dub Inse, learned bishop of Ireland, and of Cellachán, king ofCaisel,and of Éladach the learned, abbot of Ros Ailithir, and of Uarach, bishop ofImlech Ibuir,and of Célechair, abbot ofCluain Moccu NóisandCluain Iraird,and of Cormac Ua Maíl Shluaig, learned sage ofMumu,and of Lugaid Ua Maíl Shempail, abbot of Domnach Pátraic, and of Cenn Faelad son of Suibne, anchorite ofCluain Ferta Brénainn.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Sapmap Area - Settlements - Rosscarbery".Census 2016.CSO. April 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 18 August 2018.Retrieved18 August2018.
- ^"Ros Ó gCairbre / Ross Carbery".logainm.ie.Irish Placenames Commission.Retrieved16 March2020.
- ^McNamara, Martin (2000).The Psalms in the early Irish church.Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. pp.68.ISBN9781850759256.
- ^O'Flanagan, P.; Buttimer, C.G. (1993).Cork History and Society.Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County. Dublin: Geography Publications. p. 216.
- ^"Home advantage – Ronan McGreevy on Tom Barry and the Rosscarbery attack".irishtimes.Irish Times. 22 March 2021.Retrieved27 October2021.
- ^Leeson, DM (2011).The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1921.Oxford University Press. p. 142.ISBN9780199598991.
- ^"Old RIC barracks, Rosscarbery - Plaque image".theoldric.Archived fromthe originalon 31 March 2012.
- ^ab"Rosscarbery (Ireland) Census Town".City Population.Retrieved27 October2021.
- ^"Rosscarbery Parish".corkandross.org.
- ^"Annual Horse Fair in Rosscarbery".Irish Examiner.26 August 2016.
- ^"Bird watching and habitats in West Cork County Coastline - Rosscarbery".birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie.
- ^"Bohonagh".The Megalithic Portal.Retrieved11 June2008.
- ^Weir, A (1980).Early Ireland. A Field Guide.Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 113.
- ^"1901 census - Killorglin/Langford".census.nationalarchives.ie.
- ^"1901 census - Barry's father the 3rd entry (B T)".census.nationalarchives.ie.
- ^"1911 census - Rosscarbery/Fair Lane".census.nationalarchives.ie.
- ^"U20 Grand Slam winner Hodnett to debut as Munster name team to face Southern Kings".The42.12 February 2020.Retrieved14 February2020.
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