Aghada

Aghada
—  Village  —
Lower Aghada Pier
Aghada Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°50′N 8°13′W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Aghada (Irish: Áth Fhada, meaning "long ford") is a small fishing town situated on the south-east coast of Cork in County Cork, Ireland. Aghada is most famous for the Aghada GAA and its neighbouring villages are Whitegate and Rostellan. Notable people from the area include Cork Gaelic Football manager, Conor Counihan, footballers Pearse O'Neill and Kieran O'Connor, and brothers Declan and Ciaran O'Shea of the rock band Cyclefly.

The existing power station was built in the early 1980s. It can produce up to 577 MW burning natural gas and diesel. An additional gas-powered 430-MW gas-fired CCGT unit is being built, and is estimated to be completed in October 2009. , this is currently the fourth largest power station in the Republic of Ireland, the expansion will make it the third largest.

There is a Presbyterian church in Upper Aghada. During World War I the Royal Munster Fusiliers (Reserves) were garrisioned in Aghada. William Cosgrove, a World War I recipient of the Victoria Cross, is buried in Upper Aghada cemetery.

External links

• 1911 Census Sunday 2nd April 1911 of Aghada