Whitegate, County Cork
| Whitegate Irish: An Geata Bán | |
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
 Whitegate waterfront at low tide | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W840638 |
| Location: | 51°49’34"N, 8°13’56"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,154 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Cork |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork East |
Whitegate is a small village in the east of County Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork. It sits within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg.[1]
The Church of Ireland parish church stands close to the village, built in 1881 in the churchyard of a former church.[2][3]
The ruins of the old 14th-century or 15th-century church still stand In the grounds of Corkbeg churchyard.[4] This church was probably out of use by 1700, though not replaced until 1881.
Once a fishing port and known for lace-making, during the 20th-century Whitegate became the location for Ireland's only oil refinery, which was built on Corkbeg Island on one side of Whitegate Bay. This refinery has been owned by Irving Oil since 2016.[5] Aghada Power Generating plant lies on the other side of the bay.
Historic estates
The Hiberno-Norman FitzGerald family (a sub-branch of the family of the Earls of Desmond that owned Corkbeg and Lisquinlan), were landowners in the area.[6] Following a marriage between the FitzGerald and Uniacke families, ownership of lands at Corkbeg and Whitegate transferred to Col Robert Uniacke. After marrying Helena FitzGerald, Robert Uniacke assumed the name and arms of the FitzGeralds. Ultimately Uniacke Fitzgerald's nephew, another Col Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald, built a great house on the estate lands. The Corkbeg and Lisquinlan estates were later willed to Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet|Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-FitzGerald 1st Bt of Corkbeg and Lisquinlan who died 1919 without issue. Whitegate House, dating from c.1780, still stands at Whitegate.[7][8]
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References
- ↑ "Ballincarroonig Townland, Co. Cork". Townlands of Ireland. https://www.townlands.ie/cork/imokilly/aghada/corkbeg/ballincarroonig/.
- ↑ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 1994.
- ↑ "Saint Michael's Church Of Ireland Church, Corkbeg, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20831012/saint-michaels-church-of-ireland-church-corkbeg-whitegate-county-cork.
- ↑ "Record of Monuments and Places - County Cork - Volume 2". Dúchas (National Monuments and Historic Properties Service). 1998. p. 53. https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Cork-Manual-2-(1998)-0008.pdf.
- ↑ "Whitegate Refinery deal done, new owners say jobs secure". Independent News and Media. 10 September 2016. http://www.independent.ie/business/jobs/whitegate-refinery-deal-done-new-owners-say-jobs-secure-35037381.html.
- ↑ R. G. FitzGerald-Uniacke (30 June 1912). "The FitzGeralds of Glenane, Co. Cork". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 6 (Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland) 2: 165.
- ↑ "Whitegate House, Strand Road, Whitegate, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20831002.
- ↑ "House - Whitegate House". NUIG Landed Estates Database. http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=3613.
- An Geata Bán / Whitegate: Placenames Database of Ireland