Saleen, County Cork Explained

Saleen
Native Name:Irish: Sáilín
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:51.8636°N -8.1637°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cork
Blank Name Sec1:Irish Grid Reference
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2016
Population:445

Saleen [2] is a small village and census town in County Cork, Ireland.[3] It is located in the civil parish of Garranekinnefeake,[2] in the Cork County Council municipal district of East Cork.[4] Saleen lies on the R630 regional road between Midleton and Whitegate.[4]

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a megalithic portal tomb in Saleen Creek near Rostellan,[5] [6] and ringfort sites in the neighbouring townlands of Scartlea Lower and Jamesbrook.[7] The local church, the Church of the Mother of God, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne and is dated to .[8] [9] It is listed on Cork County Council's Record of Protected Structures.[10]

At the start of the 2020 school year, Saleen's national (primary) school had an enrollment of over 450 pupils.[11] The village had a population of 445 as of the 2016 census,[1] up from 374 as of the 2011 census.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Saleen . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 6 July 2021 .
  2. Web site: Sáilín / Saleen . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 26 June 2021 .
  3. Web site: Saleen (Ireland) Census Town . City Population . 6 July 2021 .
  4. Web site: East Cork Municipal District - Local Area Plan . Cork County Council . corklocalareaplans.com . 21 August 2017 . 6 July 2021 .
  5. Web site: Rostellan Dolmen . ringofcork.ie . 20 December 2020 .
  6. Web site: Rostellan Portal Tomb . irishstones.org . 21 December 2020 .
  7. Book: Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork . Dublin . Govt. Stationery Office . 1994.
  8. Book: Church [..] Scartlea Lower [..] In Saleens. T-shaped; Nave orientated N-S; ponted windows. Interior modernized. Date stone 1801 . Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East And South Cork . Dublin . Govt. Stationery Office . 1994.
  9. Web site: Parish: Aghada . Diocese of Cloyne . cloynediocese.ie . 6 July 2021 .
  10. Web site: Draft Cork County Development Plan - Volume Two - Heritage and Amenity . Cork County Council . 2021 . 6 July 2021 .
  11. Web site: Scartleigh NS, Saleen, Cloyne, Co. Cork (17600S) . Department of Education . education.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711192138/https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=17600S . 11 July 2021 .

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