Goleen
| Goleen Irish: An Góilín | |
| County Cork | |
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 Main Street of Goleen | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | V812283 |
| Location: | 51°29’42"N, 9°42’41"W |
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Goleen is a small, rural village in County Cork, places towards the south-western end of the Mizen Peninsula, in the fa west of the county.
The land surrounding the village is unsuitable for farming, being hilly and rocky with limited soil cover. Farming, tourism and construction work are among the main occupations locally.
About the village
The village has four pubs, four shops, and a petrol station.
The town also has a community pitch on which locals play Gaelic football and soccer. In the sports hall beside the pitch is a table tennis club.
The village has a large Roman Catholic church (Our Lady, Star of the Sea, and St Patrick). There is a smaller Church of Ireland church situated just outside the village but this has been deconsecrated and is the site for a sail-maker.
In 1852, shortly after the Great Famine, the parish priest John Foley started to build a new parish church with the help of donations by Irish emigrants.[1] The church was erected in the Neo-Gothic style with a cruciform aisleless ground plan, four bays, and a triplet window in the chancel behind the high altar.
References
- ↑ Hickey, Patrick (1995). "The Famine in the Skibbereen Union (1845–51)". in Póirtéir, Cathal. The Great Irish Famine. Cork: Mercier Press. pp. 200–201. ISBN 1-85635-111-4. https://archive.org/details/greatirishfamine00poir/page/200.