Newcestown

Newcestown (Irish: Baile Níos)[1] is a small village located 35 km from the city of Cork in the western part of County Cork, Ireland. It is a village with a church, a school, a pub and GAA club. Newcestown is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.

Newcestown

Baile Níos
Village
St Patrick's (Church of Ireland) Church lies just south of Newcestown village
Newcestown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°46′51.49″N 08°52′02.21″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Amenities

The local Roman Catholic church is the Church of St. John the Baptist.[2] It was built in 1872 in a Gothic revival style.[3] The nearby Church of Ireland church is dedicated to St. Patrick and was built c. 1810.[4]

The local national (primary) school is Bishop Galvin Central School, which is named for Bishop Edward J. Galvin, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Hanyang in China.

Sport

Newcestown GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. It was founded in 1959. The club competes in both Senior Hurling and Senior Football in Cork. They won the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship in 1971, in 2001 and in 2010. In hurling, Newcestown were promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship grade in 2015, after defeating local rivals Valley Rovers in the 2015 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship final. They then went onto contest the Munster Intermediate Final against Wolfe Tones of Clare, losing out 1-18 to 2-13.

Soccer is another sport associated with the village. A local team, Spartak Mossgrove, was founded in 2015 and have been competing in the West Cork Soccer League since their foundation. The name of the team derives from the local townland 'Mossgrove' just outside the village. Their home colours are blue and white.

Just outside the main village is an 18 hole pitch and putt course.

People

Edward Galvin was born in Newcestown on 23 November 1882. He was ordained as a priest in St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare, in 1909. Later becoming a bishop, Galvin is credited with being the founder of the Missionary Society of St. Columban and first Bishop of Hanyang, China. He was expelled from China in 1951, and he returned home in 1953 where he retired to Dalgan Park, Navan, County Meath. He died at St. Columbans College, Dalgan Park on 23 February 1956 and is buried there.

See also

References
  1. "Baile Níos / Newcestown". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "Parish of Murragh and Templemartin". Diocese of Cork and Ross. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. "Church of Saint John the Baptist, Newcestown, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. "St Patrick's Church Of Ireland Church, Farranthomas, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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