Shanagarry

Shanagarry
Irish: An Seangharraí
Village
Shanagarry Castle
Shanagarry Castle
Shanagarry is located in Ireland
Shanagarry
Shanagarry
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°51′07.56″N 08°02′03.85″W / 51.8521000°N 8.0344028°W / 51.8521000; -8.0344028
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Dáil constituencyCork East
EU ParliamentSouth
Population
 (2022)[1]
700
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Shanagarry (Irish: An Seangharraí, meaning 'the old garden (or court)')[2] is a village in east County Cork in Ireland. The village is located near Ireland's south coast, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Cork, on the R632 regional road.

Shanagarry is known for the Ballymaloe Cookery School, in the home and gardens of celebrity chef Darina Allen. Also resident here is Darina's daughter-in-law and chef Rachel Allen.

Shanagarry Castle passed to the family of William Penn in the 1660s; it was his occasional residence before he left for Pennsylvania and started his Holy Experiment.[3] Also to be found in Shanagarry is the historic Old Road, an ancient Irish causeway and home to the original residents of the village.

Shanagarry is also the home village of the Russell Rovers hurling and football teams. The teams are made up of people from Shanagarry, Ballycotton and Churchtown South.

Surrounding area

About 2 km (1.2 mi) from Shanagarry, just off the road to Ballycotton, lies Ballynamona beach. The coastline at Shanagarry and Ballynamona forms part of the Ballycotton Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and is home to herons, oystercatchers and cormorants.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census Mapping - Towns: Shanagarry - Population Snapshot". visual.cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ "An Seangharraí / Shanagarry". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. ^ Power, Denis (1994). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork: Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office. p. 231. ISBN 0707603234.
  4. ^ "Ballycotton Bay Special Protection Area" (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service. August 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2024. Ballycotton Bay [SPA] is an east-facing coastal complex [..which..] stretches northwards from Ballycotton to Ballynamona [..] Saltmarsh and marsh habitat is best represented at Shanagarry and at Ballynamona [..] species that have been recorded at Ballycotton Bay [..] represent eleven waterbird families: Gaviidae (divers), Podicipedidae (grebes), [..] Haematopodidae (oystercatchers), Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings), [..] plus Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants), Ardeidae (Herons) and Alcedinidae (Kingfisher)


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