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Knockraha

Human settlement in County Cork, Ireland

Summary

Human settlement in County Cork, Ireland

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nameKnockraha
native_name
native_name_langgle
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineKnockraha graveyard and Sing Sing prison - geograph.org.uk - 3632838.jpg
image_captionThe 'Sing Sing' prison cell in Kilquane cemetery, 1km north of Knockraha village
pushpin_mapIreland
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ireland
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIreland
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Munster
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2County Cork
subdivision_type3Dáil Constituency
subdivision_name3Cork East
subdivision_type4EU Parliament
subdivision_name4South
population_total517
population_as_of2022
population_footnotes

Knockraha () is a small village in east County Cork, Ireland. It is around 12 km north-east of Cork city. The village had a population of 517 as of the 2022 census.

History

The name Knockraha means "fort (rath) hill" or "hill of the forts". This refers to a collection of forts that stood on a hill (known locally as Carthy's Hill) between Knockraha East and Knockraha West.

Knockraha is within the Roman Catholic parish of Glounthaune, which was formed in the late 19th century with the amalgamation of the historical ecclesiastical parishes of Ballylucra, Ballyvinney, Caherlag, Killaspugmillane and Kilquane. The latter parish of Kilquane stretched from Glenmore Bridge to Watergrasshill village and was centred on the church in what is now Kilquane Cemetery. Tradition holds that Saint Cuan founded Kilquane, which means 'church of Cuán', and there are several other Kilquanes elsewhere in Munster. Cuan was possibly a passing missionary, like Saint Patrick, who brought Christianity to the area.

The village is within the Dáil constituency of Cork East.

References

References

  1. "Interactive Data Visualisations".
  2. Power, Patrick. (1921). "Place-Names and Antiquities of S.E. County Cork. Barony of Barrymore. Part III". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature.
  3. "Cnoc Rátha / Knockraha". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  4. "Interactive Data Visualisations".
  5. Joyce, Patrick. (1901). "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, Volume 1". Longmans, Green & Company.
  6. "Our History". Knockraha Area Community Association.
  7. "Glounthaune Parish - Churches".
  8. "Cill Chuáin / Kilquane". Placenames Database of Ireland.
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