Rathcormac
Rathcormac
Ráth Chormaic | |
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Town | |
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  Rathcormac Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°04′37″N 8°16′55″W / 52.0769°N 8.2819°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,762 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W804920 |
Rathcormac (Irish: Ráth Chormaic, meaning 'Cormac's ringfort') is a small town in north County Cork, Ireland. Previously situated on the main Cork to Dublin road (the N8), it was bypassed in 2006 by the M8. The former N8 through Main St is now the R639 regional road. Rathcormac is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.
History
The Rathcormac massacre occurred at Bartlemy Cross southeast of Rathcormac on 18 December 1834, during the Tithe War.
Carntierna, an Iron Age royal site, is located to the north.
Sports
Rathcormac is home to Bride Rovers GAA club and Rathcormac Gun Club.[2]
Agriculture
Located in the Blackwater Valley region, Rathcormac has good agriculture due to good soil conditions.[citation needed] Sunnyside Fruit Farm is located just outside Rathcormac.[citation needed]
People
In 1842 the Fenian and Australian architect, Joseph Nunan, was born here.[3]
Two Canadian politicians, Patrick Joseph (Joe) O'Flynn (1921) and Denis Christopher O'Flynn (1923), were born in Rathcormac to John Joseph O'Flynn and Mary Cahill. In 1925, The O'Flynn family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario Canada. When the family landed in Canada, they dropped the "O" and became Flynn.
Joe O'Flynn went on to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener, Ontario[4] and Dennis O'Flynn (he changed the spelling) became Mayor of Etobicoke (a suburb of Toronto) and later was the Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements -Rathcormac". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office.
- ^ http://www.rathcormacgunclub.ie
- ^ Robyn Taylor, Nunan, Joseph Denis (1842–1885), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University; accessed 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Profile - Flynn, Patrick Joseph". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ "Archives description detail display". gencat4.eloquent-systems.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.