Knockraha (Irish: Cnoc Rátha, meaning 'rath hill')[2][3] is a small village in east County Cork, Ireland. It is around 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Cork city.
Knockraha
Irish: Cnoc Rátha | |
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Village | |
 The Sing Sing prison cell in Kilquane cemetery, 1km north of Knockraha village | |
  Knockraha Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°57′32″N 8°20′24″W / 51.959°N 8.34°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Dáil Constituency | Cork East |
| EU Parliament | South |
| Population | 371 |
History
editThe name Knockraha means "fort (rath) hill" or "hill of the forts".[2][4] This refers to a collection of forts that stood on a hill (known locally as Carthy's Hill) between Knockraha East and Knockraha West.[5]
Knockraha is within the Roman Catholic parish of Glounthaune,[6] which was formed in the late 19th century with the amalgamation of the historical ecclesiastical parishes of Ballylucra, Ballyvinney, Caherlag, Killaspugmillane and Kilquane. The latter parish of Kilquane stretched from Glenmore Bridge to Watergrasshill village and was centred on the church in what is now Kilquane Cemetery. Tradition holds that Saint Cuan founded Kilquane, which means 'church of Cuán',[7] and there are several other Kilquanes elsewhere in Munster. Cuan was possibly a passing missionary, like Saint Patrick, who brought Christianity to the area.[5]
The village is within the Dáil constituency of Cork East.
References
edit- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Knockraha". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ a b Power, Patrick (1921). "Place-Names and Antiquities of S.E. County Cork. Barony of Barrymore. Part III". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 36: 178. JSTOR 25504229.
- ^ "Cnoc Rátha / Knockraha". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Joyce, Patrick (1901). The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, Volume 1. Longmans, Green & Company. p. 564.
- ^ a b "Our History". knockraha.com. Knockraha Area Community Association. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Glounthaune Parish - Churches". glounthauneparish.ie. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Cill Chuáin / Kilquane". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
Explanatory note [..] English [..] the church of Cuán