Gurranabraher () is a residential suburb on the north western side of

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. Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street. Gurranabraher is located in Cork North-Central

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constituency.

Amenities

The local

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church, the Church of the Ascension, was opened in 1955 and acts as the parish for both Gurranbraher and Churchfield. The area is also serviced by a Garda station, a primary health care centre and a

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. There are also a number of community initiatives based in the parochial hall. LeisureWorld pool and fitness centre (including the Sam Allen astroturf pitches) is close-by on Knockfree Avenue. There is also a recreational area in Jerry O'Sullivan Park on St. Colmcille's Road. A community gardening project adjoins this park. Scoil Padre Pio and Blarney Street C.B.S are two local primary schools. There are no secondary schools within Gurranabraher, with the North Monastery, St. Vincent's and the North Pres being the closest.

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, run by the Mercy University Hospital, is the location of an urgent care centre in Gurranabraher. Bus services which serve the area include

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route 201 (orbital to CIT and CUH) and route 202 (Apple campus to Mahon Point).

Sport

The local

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team is St. Vincent's Hurling and Football club. Previously in the area there were Gurranabraher (football) and Shandon Rovers (hurling) clubs (

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). St. Mary's A.F.C was founded by the North Cathedral, but now play their games in Kilcully. Blue Demons basketball team was founded in the area and played in the local parochial hall. Sunnyside Boxing Club (club of three former Olympians) also trains in the parochial hall. Siam Warriors Thai Boxing Club trains next to the Crucible Snooker club off the Glen Ryan Road.

Notable residents

* Ricky Dineen (Churchfield), guitarist with the early 1980s

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band

Five Go Down to the Sea? Five Go Down to the Sea? were an Irish post-punk band from Cork, active between 1978 and 1989. Vocalist and lyricist Finbarr Donnelly, guitarist Ricky Dineen and brothers Philip (bass) and Keith "Smelly" O'Connell (drums) formed the band as N ...

* Pat Falvey, mountaineer and first Irish man to complete the Seven Summits Challenge * Thomas Gould, Sinn Féin T.D. for Cork North Central *

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, writer who was born on Douglas Street, lived on Blarney Street until he was 5, before moving to Dillon's CrossMcKeon, Jim. ''Frank O'Connor: A Life''. Mainstream, 1998. p. 17.

References

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