Cloghroe
| Cloghroe Irish: Cloch Reo | |
| County Cork | |
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| Grid reference: | W575743 |
| Location: | 51°55’11"N, 8°37’7"W |
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Cloghroe is a village and townland on the main Cork to Banteer road in County Cork. It stands seven miles north-west of Cork, close to Inniscarra and Tower.
The Sheep River runs to the rear of the local pub Blairs Inn on the western side. The Wayside Inn is at the eastern end of the village.
The origin of the name Cloghroe is from the Irish "Cloc Rua" meaning "red stone", which is common in the natural geography of the land. Cloghroe House stands outside the village: it was built in the middle of the 18th century and became the home of Elizabeth, second daughter of Joseph Capel, (by Elizabeth M'Cartie, only daughter of Dennis M'Cartie of Castle Ballea, before she married Colonel Sir Thomas Judkin-FitzGerald 1st Bt of Lisheen & infamous "flogging FitzGerald" 1798 High Sheriff of Tipperary) descended inherited residence of Sir Joseph Capel Judkin-Fitzgerald 4th Bt of Lisheen who died in 1917.