Knocknagree
Knocknagree (Irish: Cnoc na Graí;[2] the hill of the horse stud) is located in the north-west of County Cork in Ireland. Located on the R582 (Ballydesmond to Macroom) regional road it is 5 km north of Rathmore. It is approximately one mile from the Cork-Kerry border, and looks south towards the Blackwater River. Across the Blackwater River is Gneeveguilla, one of the nearest villages on the other side of border with County Kerry. Knocknagree is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency).
Knocknagree
Cnoc na Graí | |
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Village | |
 Knocknagree Church | |
  Knocknagree Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°07′22.33″N 09°12′31.43″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 188 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
The village had, in 2004 and 2005, seen extensive redevelopment on the expansive "Fairfield" or Village Green. Before the advent of the modern cattle-mart, this green was the venue of one of the largest livestock markets in Munster. The monthly "fair", as it was known, died out in the 1970s.
The village is near the southern edge of the area known as Sliabh Luachra.
History
On 7 February 1921, Michael J. Kelleher, aged 14, who while playing with other boys of his own age, ran away on the approach of military lorries and was shot dead. Two other boys, aged 8 and 11 years, were wounded.[3] The eighteenth-century poet Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin died here.[4]
References
- "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Knocknagree". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office.
- Placenames Database of Ireland
- Congressional Serial Set. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 29.
- Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin: aspects of his life and work