Castletown-Kinneigh
Castletown-Kinneigh
Baile Chaisleáin Chinn Eich | |
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Village | |
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  Castletown-Kinneigh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°46′08″N 8°57′14″W / 51.769°N 8.954°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Castletown-Kinneigh (Irish: Baile Chaisleáin Chinn Eich),[1] also known as Castletownkenneigh or simply as either Castletown or Kinneigh, is a small rural village near Ballineen in County Cork, Ireland. Castletown village has one pub.
History
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Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Castletown, Garland and Sleenoge.[2]
In Sleenoge townland, to the west of Castletown village, is a round tower. Kinneigh Round Tower, which dates to the early 11th century, is within an earlier 7th century monastic enclosure associated with St. Mocholmóg.[3] It is protected as a national monument and maintained by the Office of Public Works.[3] The tower was used as a bell tower for a period for the nearby St. Bartholomew's Church.[4] This Church of Ireland church is in the Kinneigh Union of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.[5]
The local Catholic church, in Enniskeane & Desertserges Parish within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross, contains an altar sculpture by John Hogan which dates to 1845.[6]
Sport
[edit]The area is home to the Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's GAA club, which was founded in 1968.[7] The local soccer team, Castletown Celtic FC, has historically played in the West Cork League, a twelfth level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system.[citation needed]
An autograss track, associated with the Cork Autograss Racing Club, is located near the village.[8]
In July 2024, the Castletownkenneigh area hosted the All-Ireland road bowling championships.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Baile Chaisleáin Chinn Eich / Castletown Kinneigh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ Power, Denis, ed. (1992). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork. Dublin: Government Stationery Office – via archive.org.
- 1 2 "Kinneigh Round Tower". heritageireland.ie. Office of Public Works. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ↑ Crawford, Henry S. (30 June 1927). "The Round Tower of Kinneigh, Co. Cork". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 17 (1): 67–68. JSTOR 25513433.
- ↑ "Kinneigh - St Bartholomew". churchofireland.org. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ↑ "Castletown Church reopens". enniskeaneparish.ie. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ↑ "Our Club - History". diarmuidomathunagaa.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ↑ "Tributes to 'beautiful girl' who died in crash at race event in Cork". rte.ie. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
a Cork Autograss Racing Club event at a race track in Castletown-Kinneigh, around 20km from Bandon
- ↑ "Report: 1st Series All Ireland Finals - Castletownkenneigh July 2024". irishroadbowling.ie. Ból Chumann na hÉireann. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
External links
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- "Castletown" (a village) in Samuel Lewis' 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (via libraryireland.com)
- "Kinneigh" (a parish) in Samuel Lewis' 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (via libraryireland.com)
