Castlemagner
| Castlemagner Irish: Caisleán an Mhaignéaraigh | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ruined church in Castlemagner | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | R435019 |
| Location: | 52°9’59"N, 8°49’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 281 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork North-West |
Castlemagner is a village and townland in the Duhallow area of north-west County Cork.
History
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The area takes its name from the eponymous Castle Magner, a Norman-era tower house the ruins of which stand some 500 yards east of the village itself on the eastern boundary of Castlemagner townland. Owned by a Richard Magner during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the tower house was largely destroyed in the late 16th century.[1][2] The lands surrounding Castle Magner were confiscated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.[3] The castle is largely in ruin, though the stair turret and parts of the surrounding bawn wall remain.[1]
Close to the castle is St Bridget's Church, a disused but largely extant Church of Ireland church.[4] While the church itself was built in the early 19th century, the surrounding cemtery contains gravestones which are dated from the 18th century and earlier.[5] A nearby holy well, also dedicated to St Bridget, is covered by a carved stone surround, with an 18th century inscription and a reputed Sheela na gig carving nearby.[6][7][8]
Castlemagner's Roman Catholic church, which is dedicated to St Mary and was built c.1880, is located within the village itself.[9] There is a shrine to Edel Quinn, a local lay missionary, within the church grounds.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Castle Magner". https://www.castles.nl/castle-magner.
- ↑ Charles Smith (1815). The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, Volume 1. J. Connor. p. 296. https://archive.org/details/ancientandprese01smitgoog. "About two miles to the N. of Clonmene [Banteer], is Castle-Magner [..] In the rebellion of 1641, this castle belonged to Richard Magner, agent for the Irish inhabitants of Orrery and Kilmore"
- ↑ Samuel Lewis (1837). "Castle-Magner". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/C/Castlemagner-Duhallow-Cork.php. "Castle-Magner, a parish [..] derives its name from the family of Magner, to whom this part of the country formerly belonged, and who erected a castle here, which was forfeited during the [Cromwellian] protectorate"
- ↑ "Saint Bridget's Church, Castlemagner, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902418/saint-bridgets-church-castlemagner-co-cork.
- ↑ "Castlemagner, RMP/Site number: CO024-108001-". https://historicgraves.com/graveyard/castlemagner/co-csmr?page=5.
- ↑ "St Bridget's Well, Castlemagner". https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/2016/03/16/st-brigets-well-castlemagner/.
- ↑ The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 67. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 1937. p. 180. "That such [Sheela na gig] figures, though in a more restrained style, might be carved in all sincerity even later, is shown by the example at St. Bridget's Well, Castlemagner [..] It is carved by the door of the well, and [..] dated by Du Noyer to the seventeenth century".
- ↑ Barbara Freitag (2004). Sheela-na-gigs - Unravelling An Enigma. Routledge. p. 113. ISBN 0-415-34553-7. https://www.knowth.com/pdf/sheela-na-gigs.pdf.
- ↑ "Saint Mary's Church, Lisduggan South, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902317/saint-marys-church-lisduggan-south-county-cork.
- ↑ "Saintly men and women of our Diocese: Venerable Edel Quinn". Cloyne Diocese. http://cloynediocese.ie/edel-quinn/.