Minane Bridge (Irish: Droichead an Mhionnáin)[1] is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the townland of Minane, 20 km south of Cork city and 5 km south of Carrigaline. The local church is Sacred Heart Church of Tracton Abbey Parish.[2] Minane Bridge is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork South-Central.
Minane Bridge
Droichead an Mhionnáin | |
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Village | |
.jpg) The main street in Minane Bridge | |
  Minane Bridge Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°45′46″N 08°22′27″W / 51.76278°N 8.37417°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
History
editMinane Bridge is home to the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in the diocese of Cork and Ross. Built in 1755, it was restored in 1836. Also located nearby is the monastery at Tracton Abbey, which was originally founded in 1224.[3]
Tracton parish is the ancestral home of 1916 Easter Rising volunteer Diarmuid Lynch,[4] who is buried in the graveyard of Tracton Abbey.[5]
Sport
editMinane Bridge is home to Tracton GAA club and Tracton Athletic Club. The "Tour de South Coast", a charity cycle, is organised locally.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Droichead an Mhionnáin / Minane Bridge". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ "Parish of Tracton Abbey". Diocese of Cork and Ross. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Tracton". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis.
- ^ "Lynch, Diarmuid". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Diarmuid Lynch". Fenian Graves. 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Tour De South Coast, Minane Bridge". tourdesouthcoast.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.
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