Clondrohid
Clondrohid is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, four miles (6 km) north of Macroom.
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Clondrohid is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, four miles (6 km) north of Macroom.
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Key facts
• Official Name — Clondrohid • Native Name — Cluain Droichead • Settlement Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ireland • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Munster • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — County Cork • Unit Pref — Metric • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 180 • Timezone1 — WET • Utc Offset1 — +0 • Timezone1 Dst — IST (WEST) • Utc Offset1 Dst — -1 • Blank Name — Irish grid reference
Geography
Geography
Parishes adjoining Clondrohid include Aghabulloge, Ballyvourney, Drishane, Kilcorney, Kilnamartry, and Macroom. The townlands of Clondrohid were once part of the barony of West Muskerry. Today, Clondrohid lies within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.
Amenities
Amenities
Local amenities include Clondrohid National School and community hall and a number of shops, pubs and services. A childcare facility is next to the GAA pitch which is also a preschool and an afterschool. Carrigaphooca Castle. a ruined five story rectangular tower house is located on one of Clondrohid's townlands. A c. 3,000 year old Carrigaphooca stone circle is located in a field nearby the castle. Much of the western side of the village is a part of the Irish-speaking area or Gaeltacht. Some pupils of the national school go to the second-level school in Ballyvourney to further their education through the Irish language.
People
People
• Peadar Ó Laoghaire (1839-1920), Irish scholar and priest, was born in the parish of Clondrohid.
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- 1.Placenames Database of Ireland. Cluain Droichead / Clondrohid. logainm.ie.
- 2.Harding Cole, John. Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork. Guy and Company. 181. 1903.
- 3.Clondrohid (Ireland) Census Town. City Population.
- 4.Irish Ancestors. Clondrohid, Cork.
- 5."Carrigaphooca Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 25 October 2023
- 6.Ó Nualláin, Seán. A Survey of Stone Circles in Cork and Kerry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 84C. 15. 1984. 25506112.
- 7.Oxford University Press. The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. 443. 1996. 0-19-866158-4.
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