Inniscarra () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

Muskerry East Muskerry East ( ) is one of the baronies of Ireland, a historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Ballincollig. It is one of 24 baronies in County Cork. It may also be viewed as a half barony because some time before the 1821 census ...

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

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. It is located about 15km west of

Cork "Cork" or "CORK" may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Stopper (plug), or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container *** Wine cork an item to seal or reseal wine Places Ireland * ...

city. The local GAA club is

Inniscarra GAA Inniscarra Football and Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Muskerry Board and fields teams in hurling, camogie and Gaelic football. History Located in the pari ...

and Dripsey GAA. Inniscarra is located on the north side of the

River Lee The River Lee () is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's city centre is b ...

Inniscarra Dam Inniscarra Dam is a buttress dam located on the River Lee in the civil parish of Inniscarra in County Cork, Ireland. Construction of the dam started in February 1953 and resulted in the formation of the Inniscarra Reservoir. The dam is owned and o ...

is one of the two Hydro-Electric Dams on the

People

Rena Buckley Rena Buckley is an Irish sportswoman who played at senior level for both the Cork county ladies' football team and the Cork county camogie team. She has also represented Munster in the Gael Linn Cup and Ireland at international rules. Betwe ...

; former captain of both the

Cork senior ladies' football team The Cork county ladies' football team represents Cork GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship an ...

and the

Cork senior camogie team The Cork county camogie team represents Cork in camogie. The team competes at inter-county level. Cork camogie has experienced four periods of ascendancy in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, winning 24 titles in all. The team won six ...

. * John Ryan, Irish and Munster rugby player is from Berrings, a townland in Inniscarra

References

Civil parishes of County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub