Gneeveguilla
| Gneeveguilla Irish: Gníomh go Leith | |
| County Kerry | |
|---|---|
 Church of the Holy Rosary, Gneeveguilla | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W129968 |
| Location: | 52°7’1"N, 9°16’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 300 (2022) |
| Local Government | |
Gneeveguilla or Gneevgullia is a small village in the Slieve Logher region in the east of [[County Kerry], twelve miles east of Killarney and close to the border of Kerry with County Cork.
The village is in a region of hills and valleys and serves a rural hinterland consisting of dairy farms, pastureland and peatland. Townlands in the area include Coom (Lower and Upper), Bawnard, Gullaun, Mausrower and Lisheen.[1] At Mausrower, there used to be a large quarry in the early part of the 20th century, the remnants of which can be seen today on the approach from the Killarney direction towards Lower Coom. Hence the junction at Lower Coom being known as the Quarry Cross.[citation needed]
History
In the 19th century Gneeveguilla was the scene of an event known as the 'Moving Bog'.[2] On the night of Sunday 28 December 1896, after a prolonged period of bad weather, sleeping families were awakened by an unusual sound. When daylight broke, to their horror they realised that over 200 acres of bogland was on the move in a southerly direction, taking everything before it. It followed the course of the Ownachree river into the river Flesk. The bog continued to move until New Year's Day and came to rest covering hundreds of acres of pastureland.[3] The Moving Bog claimed the lives of 8 members of one local family.[2]
The Church of the Holy Rosary is a Roman Catholic church in Gneeveguilla opened on 10 October 1937.
Sport
- Athletics: Gneeveguilla Athletics Club
- Football: Quarry Park Rangers
- Gaelic sports: Gneeveguilla GAA
References
- ↑ "Gneevgullia Townland, Co. Kerry". Townlands of Ireland. https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/magunihy/kilcummin/coom/gneevgullia/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Moving mountains — the dangers of our changing rainfall". Irish Examiner. 28 August 2008. https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/moving-mountains-the-dangers-of-our-changing-rainfall-70683.html. "a tragic occurrence at Gneeveguilla, on the Cork/Kerry border, in the wet winter of 1896 resulted in eight deaths. [..] In what became known as the Moving Bog Disaster, quarry worker Con Donnelly, his wife, and six of their children were all swept away as they slept peacefully in their cottage"
- ↑ Taylor, Henry James (January 9, 1897). "The Lamentable Irish Bog Slide". No.1859 Vol. 72 (THE PENNY ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER). https://archive.org/details/penny-illustrated-paper/Penny%20Illustrated%20Paper/1897/Penny%20Illustrated%20Paper%20%231859v052%20%281897-01-09%29%20%28BNA%29/mode/2up?q=gneeveguilla&view=theater.
- Gníomh go Leith / Gneevgullia: Placenames Database of Ireland