Nohoval
| Nohoval Irish: Nuachabháil | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
 Nohoval School | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W723523 |
| Location: | 51°43’20"N, 8°24’4"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | P17 |
| Local Government | |
Nohoval is a village in County Cork on the rough west coast of the county, near the Wild Atlantic Way, some sixteen miles from the city of Cork, ten miles south of Carrigaline and six miles east of Kinsale. On the shore by the village is a small cove, Nohoval Cove.
The name of the village originally came from the shortening of the Irish language name of Nuachong-Bhail or Nuhongval, which meant "new habitation" when translated.[1]
History and heritage
The area surrounding it is full of abandoned old lime kilns, the remaining signs of what was once a busy industry.
In 1840, a three-storey mill was erected as part of a suspected Famine relief project.[2] It was built overlooking Man of War Cove (also called Smuggler's Cove), where numerous shipwrecks occurred.[2] It had fallen into ruin until 1994 when it was restored and converted into a private dwelling.[2]
Churches
Nohoval's Church of Ireland parish church is Nohoval Church, also known as St Peter's Church, which comes under the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The church's vestry, called Glebe House, was constructed in 1816 and was home to the vicar of the church until 1978 when a widow of one of the clergymen purchased it from the Church of Ireland with the aim of making it into a hotel which never materialised.[3]
The Roman Catholic Church in the village is represented by St Patrick's Church in the Diocese of Cork and Ross.[4] The Catholic church also support the local primary school, Scoil Nuachabháil.
References
- ↑ Patrick Weston Joyce. "Nohoval". Library Ireland. https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPlaceNames/Nohoval.php.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barker, Tommy (11 October 2014). "Nohoval mill conversion yields costal comfort down by a cove". Irish Examiner. https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/arid-20290877.html.
- ↑ "200 year old home in south Cork is a delightful Georgian residence in a wooded setting". Irish Examiner. https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/features/200-year-old-home-in-south-cork-is-a-delightful-georgian-residence-in-a-wooded-setting-403221.html.
- ↑ "TRACTON ABBEY". Diocese Of Cork and Ross. https://corkandross.org/parishes/tracton-abbey/.
- Nuachabháil / Nohoval: Placenames Database of Ireland
