Knockavilla, County Cork

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Knockavilla
Cnoc an Bhile
Village
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Knockavilla
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°48′3.92″N8°41′3.66″W / 51.8010889°N 8.6843500°W / 51.8010889; -8.6843500
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Cork
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
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Knockavilla (Irish : Cnoc an Bhile) [1] is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, a few of kilometres from Crossbarry and Innishannon. The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Patrick. There is also a school, a pub, a graveyard, and a community hall (situated next to St. Patrick's church). Knockavilla Celtic is the local association football club.

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Location

The village of Knockavilla is located in the electoral division of Knockavilla (sometimes spelled Knockavilly), [1] and a civil parish of the same name. [2]

Knockavilla lies on a hill in the northern part of the Roman Catholic parish of Innishannon-Knockavilla, [3] to the north and west of the neighbouring villages of Innishannon and Crossbarry.

A large hillfort, Knockavilla or Clashanimud hillfort, overlooks the area. This structure dates to c. 1200 BC, and is the oldest known prehistoric hillfort in the country. [4]

Amenities

The Roman Catholic church in Knockavilla, Saint Patrick's Church, dates from 1790. [3] It was renovated in 2007 and 2008.[ citation needed ]

Knockavilla is served by a national (primary) school. Knockavilla National School, also known as Scoil Mhaoilíosa, was built in 1973 and had approximately 150 pupils enrolled as of the 2020 school year. [5] The school was previously housed in what is now the parish hall. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cnoc an Bhile / Knockavilly (toghroinn)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cnoc an Bhile / Knockavilly (paróiste dlí)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Innishannon / Knockavilla Parish". Diocese of Cork and Ross. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Call for 1200 BC hill fort to be secured as national monument". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Knockavilla National School, Innishannon, County Cork; Uimhir rolla: 04152T". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Scoil Mhaoilíosa". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
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