Kilworth
| Kilworh Cill Úird
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 Kilworh
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| Coordinates: 52°08′31″N 8°16′34″W / 52.142022°N 8.276138°WCoordinates: 52°08′31″N 8°16′34″W / 52.142022°N 8.276138°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Urban | 645 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W808987 |
Kilworth (Gaelic: Cill Úird) is a village in north County Cork. It is also one half of the parish of "Kilworth and Araglin" in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.
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[edit] Loation and access
Kilworth is located about 2 kilometers north of Fermoy and is situated near the river Funcheon. The M8 Cork-Dublin motorway passes nearby. Many non-Corkonians will possibly know Kilworth for its Army Camp, located on the R639 regional road between Mitchelstown and Fermoy.
[edit] Amenities and attractions
- Kilworth Arts centre is an intimate theatre venue in the centre of the village. It was previously used as a Protestant church.
- Kilworth (Glansiskin) forest is located about 1 km from the village centre.
[edit] Economy
Teagasc has an agricultural research facility based at Moorepark, just outside Kilworth. The village is within commuting distance of many centres of employment, including Cork city.
[edit] History
The name Kilworth comes from Irish (Gaelic) 'Cill Úird', literally meaning 'Church of the order'. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Kilworth was a notable settlement on the old Dublin to Cork road, prior to the construction of the T6/old N8/R639 road from Fermoy to Cashel and from Cashel to Urlingford between 1739 and the mid-nineteenth century. Numerous accounts and maps dating from the 1680s tell of armies and travellers journeying from Fermoy to Clogheen and onwards to Dublin via Kilworth and Kilworth Mountain.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ CSO
- ^ See, for example, David Broderick, The First Toll Roads: Ireland's Turnpike Roads, 1729-1858 (Cork, 2002); J.H. Andrews, Shapes of Ireland : Maps and Their Makers, 1564-1839 (Dublin, 1997); Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland (Dublin, 1778); and Herman Moll's New Map of Ireland (1714).
