Clondrohid

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Clondrohid
Cluain Droichead
Village
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St. Abina's Catholic church, Clondrohid
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Clondrohid
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°55′45″N09°01′20″W / 51.92917°N 9.02222°W / 51.92917; -9.02222
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Cork
Population
 (2022) [1]
180
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid reference W296757

Clondrohid (Irish : Cluain Droichead, meaning 'meadow of the bridge') [2] [3] is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, four miles (6 km) north of Macroom. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was recorded as 180, down slightly from 188 people as of the 2011 census. [1]

Contents

Geography

Parishes adjoining Clondrohid include Aghabulloge, Ballyvourney, Drishane, Kilcorney, Kilnamartry, and Macroom. [4] The townlands of Clondrohid were once part of the barony of West Muskerry. Today, Clondrohid lies within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.

Amenities

Local amenities include Clondrohid National School and community hall and a number of shops, pubs and services. A childcare facility is next to the GAA pitch which is also a preschool and an afterschool.[ citation needed ]

Carrigaphooca Castle. a ruined five story rectangular tower house is located on one of Clondrohid's townlands. [5] A c. 3,000 year old Carrigaphooca stone circle is located in a filed nearby the castle. [6]

Much of the western side of the village is a part of the Irish-speaking area or Gaeltacht . Some pupils of the national school go to the second-level school in Ballyvourney to further their education through the Irish language.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Clondrohid (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. "Cluain Droichead / Clondrohid". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. Harding Cole, John (1903). Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork. Guy and Company. p. 181. Clondrohid [..] That is, 'the Meadow of the Bridge'
  4. "Clondrohid, Cork". Irish Ancestors. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013.
  5. "Carrigaphooca Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 25 October 2023
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