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Kinneigh Round Tower
Castletown-Kinneigh (), also known as Castletownkenneigh or simply as either Castletown or Kinneigh, is a small rural village near Ballineen in County Cork, Ireland. Castletown village has one pub. History Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Castletown, Garland and Sleenoge. In Sleenoge townland, to the west of Castletown village, is a Irish round tower, round tower. Kinneigh Round Tower, which dates to the early 11th century, is within an earlier 7th century monastic enclosure associated with St Mocholmóg. It is protected as a national monument (Ireland), national monument and maintained by the Office of Public Works. The tower was used as a bell tower for a period for the nearby St Bartholomew's Church, Castletown-Kinneigh, St Bartholomew's Church. This Church of Ireland church is in the Kinneigh Union of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The local Catholic church, in Enniskeane & D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Bartholomew's Church, Castletown-Kinneigh
St Bartholomew's Church is a small Romanesque Anglican church located in Castletown-Kinneigh, County Cork, Ireland. It was completed in 1856, and is dedicated to Bartholomew the Apostle. It is part of the Kinneigh Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. Kinneigh Round Tower () is located on the church grounds, and is the only round tower in Ireland with a hexagonal base. History Following the destruction of a 7th-century monastic site by Vikings, a new monastery was built at the present site of the church, and the round tower was erected. The current church building was completed in 1856, replacing an earlier church from 1794. A memorial to Richard O'Sullivan Burke is located on the exterior walls of the church grounds. Architecture St Batholomew's is built in the Romanesque style, and features a six-bay nave, a single-bay chancel, and a vestry. Round tower Kinneigh Round Tower is the only surviving feature of a monastery founded by St Mocholm� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinneigh Round Tower
Castletown-Kinneigh (), also known as Castletownkenneigh or simply as either Castletown or Kinneigh, is a small rural village near Ballineen in County Cork, Ireland. Castletown village has one pub. History Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Castletown, Garland and Sleenoge. In Sleenoge townland, to the west of Castletown village, is a Irish round tower, round tower. Kinneigh Round Tower, which dates to the early 11th century, is within an earlier 7th century monastic enclosure associated with St Mocholmóg. It is protected as a national monument (Ireland), national monument and maintained by the Office of Public Works. The tower was used as a bell tower for a period for the nearby St Bartholomew's Church, Castletown-Kinneigh, St Bartholomew's Church. This Church of Ireland church is in the Kinneigh Union of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The local Catholic church, in Enniskeane & D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Round Tower
Irish round towers ( (singular), (plural); Literal translation, literally 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man. As their name indicates, they were originally bell towers, though they may have been later used for additional purposes. A tower of this kind is generally found in the vicinity of a church or monastery, with the door of the tower facing the west doorway of the church. Knowledge of this fact has made it possible, where towers still exist, to determine without excavation the approximate sites of lost churches that once stood nearby. Construction and distribution Surviving towers range in height from to , and to in circumference; that at Kilmacduagh monastery, Kilmacduagh being the highest surviving in Ireland (and leaning out of perpendicular). The masonry differs according to date, the earliest examples being uncut rubble, while the later ones are of neatly joined stonewor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autograss
Autograss is a form of motor racing, with races organised at various venues across the UK and Ireland. The roots of the discipline can be traced back to the 1960s. Typically, Autograss races are conducted on tracks spanning approximately 400 meters and featuring grass or mud surfaces. These races are primarily organised and promoted by non-profit clubs which are affiliated with the National Autograss Sports Association, the governing body of the sport. The National Championships, held annually, comprise separate class events for men, women and juniors. The championships usually take place from August to September. The sport encompasses ten different car classes, ranging from production saloons to single-seat 'specials'. Classes of cars Class 1 The cars used in Autograss racing are small hatchbacks, which undergo certain modifications. As per Autograss regulations, these cars have their trim, dashboard and seats removed. The engine is typically kept standard with limited modifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Cork League
The West Cork League is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from West Cork. Its top division, the PremierHiSpecCars.com Premier Division, is a seventh level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. It is affiliated to both the Munster Football Association and the Football Association of Ireland. History The West Cork League was formed in 1978. Before 1978 clubs from West Cork, including Bandon A.F.C. and Clonakilty AFC, played in the Cork Athletic Union League. The founding members of the league included Crookstown, Castletown Celtic, Kileady, Ballinhassig, Our Ladies Hospital and Brinny. In 1990 discussions were held with the Cork Athletic Union League about a possible merger. However the two leagues could not agree. Between 1991 and 1993 the WCL was affiliated with the Munster Senior League. In 1992 Beamish began sponsoring the league. During the 1980s and 1990s membership of the league expanded and by 1997 the WCL featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's GAA
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna is a Gaelic Athletic Association based in Castletown-Kinneigh, in County Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club has both hurling and Gaelic football teams. The club is part of Cork GAA and also part of the Carbery GAA division. In 2008, the club reached its first ever county final, when it lost to Dripsey in the Cork Junior Hurling Championship final. Honours * Munster Junior B Football Championship (0): (runner up in 2012) * Cork Junior Hurling Championship (0): (runners-up in 2008) * Cork Junior Football Championship#Junior B Football Championship, Cork Junior B Football Championship (2): 1995, 2012 * Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 2000 * West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (6): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2024 * Carbery Junior B Hurling Championship (2): 1974, 1981 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship (1): 1995 * Carbery Junior C Hurling Championship (2): 1998, 2001 * West Cork Junior D Football Championship (2): 1989, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hogan (sculptor)
John Hogan (14 October 1800 – 27 March 1858) was a sculptor from Tallow, County Waterford, Tallow, County Waterford in Ireland. Described in some sources as the "greatest of Irish sculptors", according to the Dictionary of Irish Biography he was responsible for "much of the most significant religious sculpture in Ireland" during the 19th century. Working primarily from Rome, among his best known works are three versions of ''The Dead Christ'', commissioned for churches in Dublin, Cork, and the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Newfoundland, Canada. Early life and apprenticeship John Hogan was born on 14 October 1800 in Tallow, County Waterford, the third child of John Hogan, a carpenter and builder of Cove Street, Cork and Frances Cos, the great-granddaughter of Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1703 to 1707. As the family felt that she had married beneath her station, she was disinherited. At the age of fourteen, Hogan was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Cork And Ross
The Diocese of Cork and Ross () is a Latin Church, Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne in Cork (city), Cork city. The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Fintan Gavin. History Diocese of Cork (1111-1429) The original Diocese of Cork was established by the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111, but was reduced in size by the establishment of separate Dioceses of Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Cloyne and Diocese of Ross (Ireland), Ross at the Synod of Kells in 1152. Diocese of Cork and Cloyne (14291748) On petition of Edward II of England, King Edward II, Pope John XXII issued a papal bull for the union of the Dioceses of Cork and Cloyne on 30 July 1326, with effect from the death of either bishop. The union should have taken effect on the death of Philip of Slane i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Cork, Cloyne And Ross
The Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, also referred to as the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, is a diocese in the Church of Ireland. The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland), Dublin. It is the Episcopal see, see of the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the result of a combination of the bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne and Ross in 1583, the separation of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1660, and the re-combination of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1835. History of the Diocese of Cork The Diocese of Cork was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail (1111 AD) on an ancient bishopric founded by Saint Finbarr in 876. On 30 July 1326, Pope John XXII, on the petition of Edward II of England, King Edward II of England, issued a papal bull for the union of the bishoprics of Cork and Bishop of Cloyne, Cloyne, the union to take effect on the death of either bishop. The union should have taken effect on the dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Ireland
The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the island after the Catholic Church in Ireland, Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the papal primacy, primacy of the pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Protestantism, Reformed and Catholicity, Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Celtic Christianity, Christianity in Ireland. As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate differing approaches to the level of ritual and formality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
