Tracton
Tracton (Irish: Trácht Fhionn) is a civil parish in southeast County Cork in Ireland. Lying roughly 7 kilometres south of Carrigaline, it lies within the Dáil constituency of Cork South-Central. The area is named after Tracton Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was in the area in medieval times.
Tracton GAA club, based close to the village of Minane Bridge, won the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1991.
Irish Republican Diarmuid Lynch was born in Tracton.
References
- ^ "Trácht Fhionn / Tracton". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Tracton". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S Lewis & Co.
- ^ "A History of Tracton GAA". tractongaa.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Tracton's Irish hero (book review)". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2021.