Rathcormac (Irish: Ráth Chormaic, meaning 'Cormac's ringfort')[2] 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 the town's main street is now the R639 regional road. Rathcormac is located in the Blackwater Valley region and is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.
Rathcormac
Irish: 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 | 1,762 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W804920 |
History
editThe 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
editRathcormac is home to Bride Rovers GAA club and Rathcormac Gun Club.[3]
People
editIn 1842 the Fenian and Australian architect, Joseph Nunan, was born here.[4]
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[5] and Dennis O'Flynn (he changed the spelling) became Mayor of Etobicoke (a suburb of Toronto) and later was the Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.[6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements -Rathcormac". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Ráth Chormaic/Rathcormac". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Rathcormac Gun Club". Rathcormac Gun Club. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Robyn Taylor, Nunan, Joseph Denis (1842–1885) Archived 25 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University; accessed 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Profile - Flynn, Patrick Joseph". lop.parl.ca. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Archives description detail display". gencat4.eloquent-systems.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2017.