Aghabulloge
Aghabullogue or Aghabulloge (Irish: Achadh Bolg, meaning 'field of the cow') is a village and parish in the barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland. It lies around 30 km (19 mi) west of Cork City, south of the Boggeragh Mountains and north of the River Lee.
Olan's Tomb, Aghabullogue, East Muskerry, 1835, Dublin Penny Journal
The parish of Aghabullogue includes the villages of Aghabullogue, Coachford and Rylane. The civil parish consists of 31 townlands.
It has a public house and shop, a national school, community hall and a Roman Catholic church (Saint John's Catholic Church). Saint Olan (or Ólann) is the patron saint of the parish.
Aghabullogue Hurling Club won Cork's first All-Ireland in 1890.
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Notable people
- Dan Drew (1863–1923), All Ireland-winning hurler
- Peter Herrmann, social philosopher
See also
References
- ^ "Achadh Bolg / Aghabullogue". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Local Names - Topographical and Personal" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 1. 1 (ii): 212. 1892.
- ^ "Sub-units of: Achadh Bolg/Aghabulloge". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Archaeological Sites Around Rylane". esatclear.ie. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.
- ^ "Folklore: Irish saints in Cork". irishimbasbooks.com. Irish Imbas Books. 4 April 2014.
- ^ Ó Conchúir, Daragh (9 April 2022). "Aghabullogue's Cliona Healy making all the right moves to nail down starting berth". The Corkman. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
[Aghabullogue] has overachieved since the dawn of Gaelic games, providing the county with its first All-Ireland hurling title in 1890, when Dan Drew and Pat Buckley were to the fore
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