Newcestown
From Wikishire
| Newcestown Irish: 'Baile Níos | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
_Church_Farranthomas_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499671.jpg) St Patrick's Church, Newcestown | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W402591 |
| Location: | 51°46’52"N, 8°52’4"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork North-West |
Newcestown is a small village located 22 miles from the city of Cork in the western part of County Cork. It is a village with a church, a school, a pub and GAA club.
About the village
The local Roman Catholic church is the Church of St. John the Baptist. It was built in 1872 in a Gothic revival style.[1]
The nearby Church of Ireland church is dedicated to St Patrick and was built around 1810.[2]
Sport
- Football: Spartak Mossgrove, founded in 2015
- Gaelic sport: Newcestown GAA, founded in 1959
Just outside the main village is an 18 hole pitch and putt course.
References
- ↑ "Church of Saint John the Baptist, Newcestown, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20909502/church-of-saint-john-the-baptist-coolanagh-newcestown-county-cork.
- ↑ "St Patrick's Church Of Ireland Church, Farranthomas, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20909507/st-patricks-church-of-ireland-church-farranthomas-county-cork.
- Baile Níos / Newcestown: Placenames Database of Ireland
