Mogeely | |
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: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population: | 389 |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
Coordinates: | 51.9308°N -8.0594°W |
Mogeely [2] is a village located in County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 389 people.[1]
Mogeely lies in East Cork, approximately north of Castlemartyr off the N25 national primary road.[3] Mogeely railway station was, until it closed in the 1970s, a stop on the Cork to Youghal railway line. The nearest train station is now Midleton railway station.
Located within a largely rural area, Mogeely hosted the National Ploughing Championships in 2005.[4] Local employers include the Dairygold Co-Operative Society, which operates two cheese processing plants in the area.[5]
The Pine family, originally English, were the main landowners here from the 1580s to the early 1700s.[6] Henry Pine was granted Mogeely under Queen Elizabeth I, holding it as a tenant of Sir Walter Raleigh. During the serious disturbances in Munster in 1598, he fled back to England, but later returned to Mogeely.[7] His grandson, Sir Richard Pyne, was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1695 to 1709.[8] Their home, Mogeely Castle, no longer exists.[9]