Banteer

Banteer Irish: Bántír
County Cork
Banteer's post office
Location
Grid reference:	W395964
Location:	52°7’0"N, 8°52’60"W
Data
Population:	355  (2016)
Local Government
Dáil constituency:	Cork North-West

Banteer is a village in the north of County Cork, in the civic parish of Clonmeen in the Barony of Duhallow. It is near the town of Mallow.

History

In 1651, the Battle of Knocknaclashy, the last pitched battle of the Irish Confederate Wars, took place near the village, when Cromwell's Parliamentarians under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery defeated a Confederate force under Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry.

Banteer railway station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976.

Sport and community

• Gaelic football: Lyre GAA (named after a nearby village)
• Hurling: Banteer GAA

The Glen Theatre is a community-owned and managed centre for the arts.