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Whitechurch, County Cork
Whitechurch (Irish: An Teampall Geal) is a village and townland in County Cork, Ireland, about 11 km north of Cork city. It forms part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North Central. As of the 2022 census, Whitechurch village had a population of 719 people. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.

History

There are a number of standing stone and ringfort sites in Whitechurch townland, and the neighbouring townlands of Farranastig and Ballinvarrig. The former Church of Ireland church, now a ruin in the northwest corner of Whitechurch cemetery, was built in 1774 on the site of an earlier structure. The current Catholic church, a 20th century building, was built on the site of an earlier 19th century chapel. Nearby is a belfry, designed to resemble an Irish round tower, which was built c. 1833.

Amenities

Within the village is a pub, shop and petrol station. To the west of the village is the local national (primary) school. As of 2022, Whitechurch National School (Scoil Phádraig Naofa) had an enrollment of 323 pupils.

The grounds of the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Whitechurch GAA, are near the national school. Rockmount A.F.C., an amateur association football (soccer) club in the Munster Senior League, are also based in Whitechurch.

References

  1. ^ "Census Mapping - Towns: Whitechurch - Population Snapshot". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ "An Teampall Geal - Whitechurch". Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Cork North Central constituency profile: Variety of candidates hoping to woo voters in diverse area". Irish Examiner. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 1994.
  5. ^ Brady, William Maziere (1863). Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (Volume 2). Longman, Roberts, and Green. pp. 405–407.
  6. ^ "Homily of Bishop William Crean – Bi-centenary of St. Patrick's Church, Whitechurch Sunday 11th December 2022". cloynediocese.ie. Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. 20 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Works - Co. Cork, Whitechurch, Church (RC) & Round Tower". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Whitechurch". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Dublin: Lewis. the [Catholic] chapel is a large and very neat edifice, and near it is a tower, erected in 1834 by the Rev. Mr. Horgan, in imitation of the ancient round towers peculiar to Ireland
  9. ^ Cork County Development Plan 2022 - Volume Four - South Cork (PDF) (Report). Cork County Council. 2022. p. 187.
  10. ^ "S N Padraig Naofa - Whitechurch National School". gov.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Whitechurch GAA - Cumann An Teampall Geal". whitechurchgaa.ie. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Rockmount AFC - History". rockmountafc.ie. Retrieved 14 March 2024. Rockmount play their home games at Rockmount Park in Whitechurch, County Cork, about 12 kilometres north of Cork city centre
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