Inchigeelagh (Irish: Inse Geimhleach, meaning 'island of the prisoner or hostages')[2] is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. The village is just outside a Gaeltacht area. Inchigeelagh is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
Inchigeelagh
Inse Geimhleach | |
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Village | |
.jpg) The R584 road passes through the village | |
  Inchigeelagh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°50′31″N 9°07′37″W / 51.842°N 9.127°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| District | Macroom |
| Population | 153 |
The River Lee passes through the village. The nearby 'pater noster' string of lakes collectively known as Lough Allua were once popular with anglers and are now fished for large pike, perch and some brown trout. The decline of fishing has coincided with the loss of salmon on the River Lee following the erection of the Carrigadrohid and Inniscarra hydroelectric dams down-river between 1952 and 1957. This led to the subsequent decline in the fortunes of the village as a location for angling.[citation needed]
A hotel was built in 1810 to serve the horse-drawn coaches of tourists travelling the Prince of Wales route to Kenmare and Killarney. It operated as The Lake Hotel (though it never had a view of the lake) until it closed in 2014. Another hotel was built across the street as Corcoran's Hotel but it became Creedon's Hotel and is now run by the fourth generation of the Creedon family.[citation needed] Efforts have been made to campaign for works to be done on the two dams that prevent salmon from accessing the Lee river's upper reaches and a 2015 documentary, titled River Runner, publicised the issues of the river.[3]
Inchigeelagh was the meeting place for the Lyre Company Irish Volunteers, in April 1916, from where they intended to collect some of the rifles sent by Roger Casement on board the ship Aud for use in the 1916 Easter Rising. However, the ship was captured by the British Navy before it could deliver the arms.[4]
People
edit- Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774–c.1848), a composer of oral poetry in Munster Irish, is buried in Inchigeelah[5]
- Chris Óg Jones (b.1998), Gaelic footballer[6]
- Cathal Vaughan (b.1994), Gaelic footballer[7]
Gallery
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St Finbarr's Church -
Crannóg, Tir na Spideoge -
Carrignacurra Castle -
Bridge over the Lee at Inchigeelagh -
Old cemetery and church at Inchigeelagh
References
edit- ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Inchigeelagh". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Inse Geimhleach / Inchigeelagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "River Runner: The River Lee and the Wild Atlantic Salmon". rte.ie. 3 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015.
- ^ Crowley, Tim (22 August 2016). "The Lyre Company Irish Volunteers 1916" (PDF). Michael Collins News. Michael Collins Centre Castleview.
- ^ Welsh, Robert (1996). "Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire". Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280080-9.
- ^ Farr, Derry (15 October 2019). "Iverleary are pushing hard for county football glory inspired by loyal club men". echolive.ie. The Echo. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
Chris Óg Jones is one of the Inchigeelagh side's better known players
- ^ Hurley, Denis (23 July 2012). "Vaughan hits 1-7 to inspire Iveleary to victory". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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