Rathcormac ()
is a small town in north
County Cork
County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns ar ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Previously situated on the main
Cork to
Dublin
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road (the
N8), it was bypassed in 2006 by the
M8. The former N8 through the town's main street is now the
R639 regional road The term regional road (or route) is used in a number of places to designate roads of more than purely ''local'' but less than ''national'' strategic importance in a country's highway network.
It is used formally and officially in reference to:
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. Rathcormac is located in the
Blackwater Valley region and is part of the
Cork East Dáil constituency.
History
The
Rathcormac massacre occurred at Bartlemy Cross southeast of Rathcormac on 18 December 1834, during the
Tithe War.
Carntierna, an Iron Age royal site, is located to the north.
Sports
Rathcormac is home to
Bride Rovers GAA club and Rathcormac Gun Club.
People
In 1842 the
Fenian
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and Australian architect,
Joseph Nunan, was born here.
Two Canadian politicians, Patrick Joseph (Joe) O'Flynn (1921) and Denis Christopher O'Flynn (1923), were born in Rathcormac to John Joseph O'Flynn and Mary Cahill. In 1925, The O'Flynn family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario Canada. When the family landed in Canada, they dropped the "O" and became Flynn.
Joe O'Flynn went on to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener, Ontario and Dennis O'Flynn (he changed the spelling) became Mayor of Etobicoke (a suburb of Toronto) and later was the Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
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Towns and villages in County Cork