Dungourney
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| Dungourney Irish: Dún Guairne | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
 Dungourney from the west | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W930795 |
| Location: | 51°58’10"N, 8°5’25"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork East |
Dungourney is a village in County Cork on the R627 road, five and a half miles north-east of Midleton. The River Dungourney flows through the village.
A school, St Peter's National School, stands in the centre of the village. There is a church in the west of the village and a post office across the road. Several roads run out to Midleton, Castlematyr and Tallow.
The name of the village is from the Irish Dún Guairne, menaung 'Guairne's fort'.[1]
Sport
- Gaelic sports:
- Dungourney GAA
- Dungourney Camogie Club
The Fitzgibbon Cup, the hurling competition contested by university teams, is named after Dungourney man Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon, born in 1884.
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9