Banteer (Irish: Bántír)[2] is a village in north County Cork, Ireland located in the civil parish of Clonmeen in the historic barony of Duhallow. It is near the town of Mallow. Banteer is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.
Banteer
Bántír | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Banteer's post office | |
  Banteer Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°07′N 8°53′W / 52.117°N 8.883°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population (2022)[1] | 362 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
History
editIn 1651, the Battle of Knocknaclashy, the last pitched battle of the Irish Confederate Wars, took place near the village, when English Parliamentarians under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery defeated an Irish force under Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry.
Organizations
editLocal sporting organizations include a Gaelic football club known simply as "Lyre" after a nearby village and a hurling club known as Banteer.
The Glen Theatre is a community-owned and managed centre for the arts. The theatre was originally Banteer National School (built 1840).[3]
Transport
editBanteer railway station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976.[4] It is on the Mallow to Tralee railway line.
The Banter to Nadd road was widened and surfaced in 1838 and a large stone was placed at the roadside along the way, commemorating the ganger in charge with the inscription: "JOHN O'NEILL BROSNA 1838".
People
edit- Áine Collins (b. 1969), former Fine Gael politician.[5]
- Frank Crowley (1939–2022), Fine Gael politician.[6]
- Eddie Dunbar (b. 1996), professional road racing cyclist.[7]
- Denis Horgan (1871–1922), Olympic shot putter.[8]
- Conor Lane (b. 1978), Gaelic football referee.[9]
- Pat O'Callaghan (1906–1991), Irish athlete and Olympic gold medallist, was born near Banteer and played for Banteer GAA.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Census 2022 Sapmap Area - Settlements - Banteer". Central Statistics Office SAPMAP 2022. Central Statistics Office Ireland. 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Bántír/Banteer". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Glen Theatre. Welcome page Verified 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Banteer station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- ^ "Áine Collins TD". Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Some surprise at Frank Crowleys decision to retire". The Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Eddie Dunbar". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Olympedia – Denis Horgan". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Cork referee assigned All-Ireland football final". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 14 May 2021.