Knocknagree
From Wikishire
| Knocknagree Irish: Cnoc na Graí | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
 Knocknagree Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W173974 |
| Location: | 52°7’22"N, 9°12’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 188 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork North-West |
Knocknagree is a village in the north-west of County Cork, on the R582 (Ballydesmond to Macroom) road three miles north of Rathmore and one mile from the Cork-Kerry border. The village looks south towards the Blackwater River, across which stands Gneeveguilla, across in County Kerry.
The name of the village is from the Irish Cnoc na Graí, meaning 'Hill of the horse stud'.[1]
The village had, in 2004 and 2005, seen extensive redevelopment on the expansive "Fairfield" or Village Green. Before the advent of the modern cattle-mart, this green was the venue of one of the largest livestock markets in Munster. The monthly fair, as it was known, died out in the 1970s.
The village is near the southern edge of the area known as Sliabh Luachra.
Sport
- Knocknagree GAA
References
- ↑ Cnoc na Graí / Knocknagree: Placenames Database of Ireland
