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Newtownshandrum
Baile Nua Sheandroma
Village
Newtownshandrum is located in Ireland
Newtownshandrum
Newtownshandrum
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°20′49.52″N 08°46′07.79″W / 52.3470889°N 8.7688306°W / 52.3470889; -8.7688306
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Newtownshandrum (Irish: Baile Nua Sheandroma)[1] is a small village in County Cork, Ireland located 6.5 km west of Charleville on the R515 road. Historic maps from 1829–1841 and 1897–1913 identify the village as Newtown. Newtownshandrum is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency).

Education

Shandrum National School is a co-educational primary school located in the village. As of 2019, the school had approximately 140 pupils with five mainstream teachers, and two special education teachers.[2]

Sports

The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is Newtownshandrum GAA Club.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baile Nua Sheandroma / Newtownshandrum". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Shandrum National School" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.