Nohoval () is a village located in

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, Ireland. St. Patrick's and Nohoval Parish Churches are located in the village. It is approximately south of the city of

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, approximately south of

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and east of

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. The village is in a

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and

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of the same name.

Local features

Nohoval's name originally came from the shortening of the

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name of "''Nuachong-Bhail''" or "''Nuhongval''", which meant "new habitation" when translated.

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and other mapping publishers seem to consistently list the village on their maps as Nohaval. The village is home to Nohoval Cove, a small cove on the south of Ireland coastline near the

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. The area surrounding it is full of abandoned old

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s. The village had a local shop, which closed in 2018, and a local pub. The pub was closed, however, it later went to auction in 2019, with the sale including the pub's licence to sell alcohol for €225,000. In 1840, a three-storey mill was erected as part of a suspected

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relief project. It was built overlooking Man of War Cove (also called Smuggler's Cove), where numerous shipwrecks occurred. It had fallen into ruin until 1994 when it was restored and converted into a private dwelling.

Churches

Nohoval's

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parish church is Nohoval Church, also known as St Peter's Church, and is under the ecclesiastic jurisdiction of the

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. The church's vestry, called Glebe House, was constructed in 1816 and was home to the vicar of the church until 1978 when a widow of one of the clergymen purchased it from the Church of Ireland with the aim of making it into a hotel which never materialised. The

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in the village is represented by St Patrick's Church in the Diocese of Cork and Ross. The Catholic church also support the local primary school, Scoil Nuachabháil, with the

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opening a new extension in 2019.

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Local features

Churches

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