Mogeely Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mogeely (Ireland) Census Town . City Population . 8 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Maigh Dhíle / Mogeely. Irish Placenames Database . logainm.ie . 2 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Safety on Killeagh Road, Mogeely Needs Highlighting . eastcorkjournal.ie . East Cork Journal . 4 September 2019 . 18 April 2020 .
  4. Web site: Ploughing Championships under way in Cork . RTÉ News . rte.ie . 27 September 2005 . 18 April 2020 .
  5. Web site: Mogeely to be cheese centre of excellence . irishexaminer.com . Irish Examiner . Norwegian agriculture minister [..] visited Mogeely last week to view the site where a TINE/Dairygold Co-op partnership will develop the facility beside Dairygold’s existing cheese plant . 17 November 2016 . 18 April 2020 .
  6. Book: Clavin, Terry . Henry Pine . Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography .
  7. Book: Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, 1598-1599 . London . Ernest George . Atkinson . Her Majesty's Stationery Office . 1895 . 485–507 . British History Online . Elizabeth I: volume 203, March 1599 [..] Henry Pine, of Moghelly, an English gentleman .
  8. Book: Ball, F. Elrington . The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 . London . John Murray . 1926.
  9. Web site: 1991:027 - Mogeely Castle, Mogeely, Cork . excavations.ie . 8 August 2021 .