Castlemagner Explained

Castlemagner
Native Name:Irish: Caisleán an Mhaignéaraigh
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
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 Footnotes:[1]
Population:354
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.1664°N -8.8269°W

Castlemagner [2] is a village and townland in the Duhallow area of north-west County Cork, Ireland. Castlemagner is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency).

History

The area takes its name from the eponymous Castle Magner, a Norman-era tower house which is located approximately east of the village itself on the eastern boundary of Castlemagner townland. Owned by a Richard Magner during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the tower house was largely destroyed in the late 16th century.[3] [4] The lands surrounding Castle Magner were confiscated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.[5] The castle is largely in ruin, though the stair turret and parts of the surrounding bawn wall remain.[3]

Close to the castle is Saint Bridget's Church, a disused but largely extant Church of Ireland church.[6] While the church itself was built in the early 19th century, the surrounding cemetery contains gravestones which are dated from the 18th century and earlier.[7] A nearby holy well, also dedicated to Saint Bridget, is covered by a carved stone surround including an 18th-century inscription and a carving, sometimes claimed to be a Sheela na gig.[8] [9] [10]

Castlemagner's Roman Catholic church, which is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built c.1880, is located within the village itself.[11] There is a shrine to Edel Quinn, a local lay missionary, within the church grounds.[12]

Amenities

Castlemagner has a community centre building,[13] a pub (the Castle Bar, known locally as Geoff's).[14] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Castlemagner GAA, fields Gaelic football and hurling teams in the Duhallow division.[15] The club won the Cork Junior B Hurling Championship in 2012.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Castlemagner . CSO.ie . 16 June 2024 .
  2. Web site: Caisleán an Mhaignéaraigh - Castlemagner. Irish Placenames Database . 2 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Castle Magner . castles.nl . 27 April 2020.
  4. Book: The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, Volume 1 . Charles Smith . J. Connor . 1815 . 296 . About two miles to the N. of Clonmene [Banteer], is Castle-Magner [..] In the rebellion of 1641, this castle belonged to Richard Magner, agent for the Irish inhabitants of Orrery and Kilmore .
  5. Book: https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/C/Castlemagner-Duhallow-Cork.php . Samuel Lewis . 1837 . Castle-Magner . A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland . Castle-Magner, a parish [..] derives its name from the family of Magner, to whom this part of the country formerly belonged, and who erected a castle here, which was forfeited during the [Cromwellian] protectorate .
  6. Web site: Saint Bridget's Church, Castlemagner, County Cork . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 27 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Castlemagner, RMP/Site number: CO024-108001- . historicgraves.com . 27 April 2020 .
  8. Web site: St Bridget's Well, Castlemagner . holywellscorkandkerry.com . 27 April 2020 .
  9. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . 67 . Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . 1937 . 180 . That such [Sheela na gig] figures, though in a more restrained style, might be carved in all sincerity even later, is shown by the example at St. Bridget's Well, Castlemagner [..] It is carved by the door of the well, and [..] dated by Du Noyer to the seventeenth century.
  10. Book: Sheela-na-gigs - Unravelling An Enigma . Barbara Freitag . 2004 . Routledge . 0-415-34553-7 . 113 .
  11. Web site: Saint Mary's Church, Lisduggan South, County Cork . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 27 April 2020.
  12. Web site: Saintly men and women of our Diocese: Venerable Edel Quinn . Cloyne Diocese . cloynediocese.ie . 27 April 2020.
  13. Web site: Three Paddys are men of the hour . Independent News & Media . The Corkman . 28 June 2019 . 27 April 2020 .
  14. Web site: About Us . Castlemagner Historical Society . castlemagner-his-soc.com . 27 April 2020 .
  15. Web site: Club Profile - Castlemagner . gaacork.ie . 27 April 2020.
  16. Web site: Glory for Castlemagner . Irish Examiner . irishexaminer.com . 3 September 2012 . 27 April 2020 .

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