Knocknagree (; the hill of the horse stud) is a village in north-west
County Cork
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in
Ireland
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. Located on the
R582 (
Ballydesmond
Ballydesmond (), formerly Kingwilliamstown, is a rural village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the Blackwater River (near its source in Menganine) on the Cork– Kerry border. The Ballydesmond quarry is an area of geological interest, cont ...
to
Macroom
Macroom (; ) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland, located in the valley of the River Sullane, halfway between Cork (city), Cork city and Killarney. Its population has grown and receded over the centuries as it went through periods of war, ...
)
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
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. Across the Blackwater River is
Gneeveguilla
Gneeveguilla, ( ), officially Gneevgullia (), is a small village in the Sliabh Luachra region of East County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies about east of Killarney, close to the County Kerry/County Cork border.
Location
Gneevegu ...
, one of the nearest villages on the other side of border with County Kerry. Knocknagree is within the
Dáil constituency of
Cork North-West
"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
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The village had, in 2004 and 2005, seen some 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. This market died out in the 1970s.
The village is near the southern edge of the area known as
Sliabh Luachra
Sliabh Luachra (), sometimes anglicised Slieve Logher, is an upland region in Munster, Ireland. It is on the borders of counties County Cork, Cork, County Kerry, Kerry and County Limerick, Limerick, and bounded to the south by the Munster Blackw ...
.
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. The eighteenth-century poet
Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin
Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin (174829 June 1784), anglicized as Owen Roe O'Sullivan ("Red Owen"), was an Irish poet. He is known as one of the last great Gaelic poets. A recent anthology of Irish-language poetry speaks of his "extremely musical" p ...
died here.
Notable people
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Ned Buckley, Poet and publican
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Pat Byrne, Former Garda Commissioner
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
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Knocknagree GAA
Knocknagree GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Knocknagree in the north-west of County Cork, Ireland.
Although approximately one mile from the border with Kerry, Knocknagree is officially in the parish of Rathm ...
References
External links
Knocknagree Community
{{County Cork
Towns and villages in County Cork