New Twopothouse
| New Twopothouse Irish: Tigh Nua an Dá Phota | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
 Between New Twopothouse and Old Twopothouse | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | R541039 |
| Location: | 52°11’10"N, 8°40’16"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 120 (2016) |
| Dialling code: | 021 |
| Local Government | |
New Twopothouse is a small village in County Cork, on the N20 road between Mallow and Buttevant.
The area takes its name from an 18th century coaching inn, the "Two-Pot House Inn", which was (in turn) reputedly named for two large beer "pots" which were placed outside the inn.[1] In the 19th century, when a newer Cork to Limerick road (now the N20) was built, a coaching stop was opened and it was named "New Two-Pot-House" to distinguish it from the coaching stop on the older road.[2][3]
The local Roman Catholic church, St. Joseph the Worker church, is in the neighbouring townland of Twoposthouse (sometimes known as Old Twopothouse) and was built around 1925.[4]
References
- ↑ "From Bweeng to New Twopothouse - Weird and wonderful Cork place names". 31 December 2019. https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/history/bweeng-new-twopothouse-weird-wonderful-17493830. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ↑ "53 acres of deep soil near Newtwopothouse". Irish Examiner. 14 January 2016. https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-20376061.html. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ↑ "Two-Pot Dictator – An Irishman’s Diary about an eccentric Cork placename". Irish Times. 21 June 2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/two-pot-dictator-an-irishman-s-diary-about-an-eccentric-cork-placename-1.3537803. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ↑ "Church, Two-Pot-House, Oldtwopothouse, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902510/two-pot-house-oldtwopothouse-cork. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- Tigh Nua an Dá Phota / New Twopothouse: Placenames Database of Ireland