Farranree
Farranree
Fearann an Rí | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Farranree Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′49″N 8°29′01″W / 51.9135°N 8.4835°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Administrative area | Cork (city) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Farranree (Irish: Fearann an Rí)[1] is a mainly residential townland and suburb in Cork, Ireland.
It partly consists of terraced houses, some of which are council housing owned by the Cork City Council. Other housing in the area is privately owned.[citation needed]
Farranree is bordered by the larger suburbs of Blackpool, Churchfield and Fairhill.
History
Less than one hundred years ago[when?] the district now called Farranree was part of the countryside to the North of Cork City.[citation needed] It had a large field called “Fairfield” surrounded by smaller fields, where farmers from around County Cork brought their cattle to be sold.[citation needed] Beside it were fields where the farmers used to spancel their cattle as they waited to be sold in the “Fairfield”, and this field was on the hillside beside the “Fairfield”, which they called Spancel or Spangle Hill.[citation needed]
In the 1940s, plots of land for growing potatoes were given to the people of the district at a half-crown per year.[citation needed] Only a piece of twine separated the plots and neighbours often tended each others plots as well as their own since blight on one could mean blight on all.[citation needed]
Cork Corporation subsequently developed a number of housing schemes in the area, which was then known as Spangle Hill.[citation needed] From the 1930s, the city gradually began to expand and houses were built in areas such as Farranferris (1939 & 1951), Fairfield (1956), Knockpogue (1956), Knockfree (1959/1960) and Closes (1961).[citation needed]
In 1957, the Catholic Bishop of Cork, Cornelius Lucey, commenced construction on a new church in the district.[2] Built as one of several "rosary churches", built to serve the expanding city, it was called the Church of the Resurrection.[2]
Amenities
Farranree has a local Gala Express shop, a credit union,[3] a butchers and a public park.[citation needed] It also has a Catholic church named the Church of the Resurrection.[4]
The local GAA club is Na Piarsaigh Hurling, Camogie and Football Club.[citation needed]
The main schools serving the Farranree area include Scoil Aiséirí Chríost, North Presentation Secondary School, the North Monastery and Scoil Íosagain.[citation needed]
The suburb sits on the 203 bus route and the 201 bus route.[citation needed]
Notable residents
- John Gardiner, Na Piarsaigh and Cork senior hurler and All Ireland winner
- Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Na Piarsaigh and Cork senior hurler; footballer and All Ireland winning captain
- Mae Agnes "Maisie" Kelly Gleason was born at Farranree; mother of Jackie Gleason
- Fiona Shaw, actress, born at Farranree
- John O’Shea professional darts player, BDO World Masters winner
References
- ^ "Fearann an Rí". logainm.ie. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20862127/church-of-the-resurrection-knockpogue-avenue-closes-cork-cork
- ^ https://www.farranreecu.ie/
- ^ https://farranreeparish.ie/