Tower, County Cork Explained

Tower
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Town
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 Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Cork
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:3,300
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:51.925°N -8.608°W
Elevation M:40
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Tower,[2] Ordnance Survey Ireland name Model Village,[3] is a village within the administrative area of Cork city in Ireland. It is located to the northwest of the city, approximately 3 km from the town of Blarney on the R617 road. Together with Blarney, Tower is a satellite or dormitory town of Cork city. Tower is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, the village had a population of 3,300.[1]

History

The 1845 Ordnance Survey map shows a hamlet called Tower Village at the junction of the townlands of Coolflugh, Kilnamucky, and Cloghphilip in the civil parish of Matehy.[4] By 1902, the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (CMLR) branch line to Blarney had a station at Tower Bridge.[5] This prompted development of a model village by O'Mahony Builders along what is now the Model Village Road. There was further growth in the Celtic Tiger era, with the population growing by 216% (from 1,402 to 3,032 people) between the censuses of 1991 and 2002.[6] It grew more slowly thereafter, reaching 3,306 in 2011.[7]

Originally located within the administrative area of Cork County Council, as part of the 2019 Cork boundary change, Tower (together with other "satellite towns" like Blarney and Glanmire) was brought within the administrative area of Cork City Council in mid-2019.[8] [9]

A health treatment facility, "St Ann's Hydropathic Establishment", was founded in the area in the 1840s.[10] It was served by St. Anne's railway station on the CMLR,[10] and described as having extensive grounds with "facilities for tennis, billiards, golf and fishing".[11] It is "now in ruins".[10]

Features

Tower is in the Roman Catholic parish of Inniscarra. There are two pubs in the village (The Huntsman and Aunties Bar), and a SuperValu store.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Mapping - Towns: Tower - Population Snapshot . 2022. visual.cso.ie . Central Statistics Office. 16 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Teamhair/Tower . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 28 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Street Map. Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 22 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Cork Sheet 73. 9 June 1845. Six-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 22 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Cork Sheets 73-02 and 73-03. 1 June 1902. 25-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 22 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Tower (Ireland) Census Town . City Population . 16 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Census 2011 - Area Profile for Town - Tower, County Cork . 2012. Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. 12 May 2018 .
  8. News: Information campaign unveiled for 85,000 people due to transfer from Cork county to city . Irish Times . 14 April 2019 . 1 July 2019 .
  9. News: The New Cork: city expands tonight to include 85,000 new citizens . The Echo . 30 May 2019 . 1 July 2019 .
  10. Web site: Maranatha House, Kilnamucky, Cork . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 2 February 2022 .
  11. Web site: St. Ann’s Hill Hydro and its link to golf’s fledgling days in the Barony of Muskerry . Blarney & District Historical Society. 14 April 2019 . 2 February 2022 .
  12. Web site: Press Release - €2.2m investment in new SuperValu store in Tower, Co. Cork . Musgrave Group . 16 November 2017 . 13 May 2018 .

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