Kilbarry Explained

Kilbarry [1] is a townland in the civil parish of Saint Anne's on the northside of Cork City in Ireland.[2] Located close to the suburb of Blackpool, Kilbarry itself had just 56 residents in 2011.[3] It is primarily zoned for commercial use, and an IDA Ireland business park occupies 190 of the townland's 300 acres.[2] [4] Delaney Rovers GAA also have a pitch at Kilbarry.

Railway halt

Formerly the site of a small rail yard and siding on the Dublin–Cork railway line,[5] Irish Rail applied for planning permission to construct a station at Kilbarry in 2008.[6] As of 2013, funding and planning for a number of proposed stations (including Kilbarry) had been scrapped,[7] and by 2017 it was confirmed that the station's construction had been "permanently" "shelved".[8] [9] The Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040, a public consultation document published by the National Transport Authority in May 2019, included "Blackpool/Kilbarry" as one of several possible train station locations in the area.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Townland - Cill Bharra / Kilbarry . Irish Placenames Commission . 2 February 2019 .
  2. Web site: Kilbarry Townland, Co. Cork . Townlands.ie . 7 February 2019 . Kilbarry [townland] has an area of [..] 309.77 acres.
  3. Web site: CD153 - Cork Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic . data.gov.ie . Central Statistics Office . 2011 . 7 February 2019 . Kilbarry, St. Mary's, Co. Cork [..] 56.
  4. Web site: Kilbarry Business Technology Park . IDA Ireland . idaireland.com . 7 February 2019 . Kilbarry Business & Technology Park is a c.77 hectare (c.190 acre) park located in Cork City .
  5. Web site: Former Kilbarry railway yard, Cork . geograph.ie . 1982 . 7 February 2019 .
  6. Web site: Irish Rail Planning Permission Application . Cork City Council . 2008 . https://archive.today/20130217182313/http://planning.corkcity.ie/InternetEnquiry/rpt_ViewApplicDetails.asp?validFileNum=1&app_num_file=0832741 . 17 February 2013 . 7 February 2019 . dead .
  7. News: End of the line for commuter rail stations . Irish Examiner . 28 October 2013 .
  8. Web site: Kilbarry Railway Station Plans Shelved . 96fm News . 25 October 2016.
  9. Web site: No platform for station levy refunds . Cork Independent . 12 January 2017 .
  10. Web site: Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040 – Public Consultation Document . National Transport Authority . nta.ie . May 2019 . 14 May 2019 .

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