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Newmarket, County Cork

This article is about the town in Cork, Ireland. For other places named Newmarket, see Newmarket (disambiguation). For places named New Market, see New Market (disambiguation).

Newmarket
Irish: Áth Trasna
Town
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Newmarket is located in Ireland
Newmarket
Newmarket
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 9°00′11″W / 52.215112°N 9.0031°W / 52.215112; -9.0031
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Elevation
175 m (574 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,052
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceR314076

Newmarket, historically known as Aghatrasna (Irish: Áth Trasna),[2] is a town in the barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the junction of the R576 and R578 regional roads. Newmarket is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency

History

The foundation of the town of Newmarket can be dated to the early 1600s, when King James I granted the lands which had formerly been held by the McAuliffe clan to the Aldworth family, with the right to hold a market there. The Aldworths remained at Newmarket until the 1920s: their family seat was Newmarket Court. The town was beginning to develop by 1620.[citation needed]

Newmarket Train Station opened in 1889 as the line from Banteer to Newmarket was built at 8 3/4 miles long and had only one station at Kanturk. Due to the unprofitability of the line, it closed in February 1963.[3] The station in Newmarket is still intact, and is now used as an office building for a local business.[4]

Amenities and community

Old Automobile Association sign indicating distance from Newmarket to Boherboy and Freemount

The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built in 1840.[5] The Church of Ireland (Anglican) church is on the town's main street and was built circa 1830.[6]

There are several national (primary) schools serving the area, including Newmarket Girls National School and Newmarket Boys School.[7][8] The nearest secondary schools are in Boherbue and Kanturk.[9]

Glenlara GAA and Newmarket GAA are the local Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Newmarket Celtic FC is a local soccer club.[citation needed]

Twin towns

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland

Newmarket is twinned with:

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Newmarket, County Cork

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census 2022 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Newmarket". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office.
  2. ^ "Áth Trasna/Newmarket". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Newmarket Railway".
  4. ^ "Newmarket". eiretrains.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Saint Mary's Church, Main Street, Chapel Street, Newmarket, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Christ Church, Main Street, Church Street, Newmarket, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Newmarket GNS". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Newmarket Boys' School". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ^ "School Transport". colaistetreasa.com. Coláiste Treasa Kanturk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Tony Buckley Returns To His Roots". munsterrugby.ie. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Newmarket GAA Club". athtrasna.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Newmarket GAA Club [..] has over the years provided many players to the County teams. Jerry Cronin holds 5 All Ireland hurling medals
  12. ^ "Cork Double 1990: Danny Culloty came home to Cork to achieve the great American dream". Irish Examiner. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ Hamilton, John (1888). "Curran, John Philpot" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13. pp. 332–340.
  14. ^ Public Domain Webb, Alfred (1878). "Emmet, Robert". A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: M. H. Gill & son. p. 171.
  15. ^ Carroll, Aideen (2010). Seán Moylan: Rebel Leader. Mercier. p. 18. ISBN 9781856356695.
  16. ^ O'Brien, Gerard (October 2009). "Yelverton, Barry". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.009161.v1.
  17. ^ Falkiner, Cæsar Litton (1900). "Yelverton, Barry" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  18. ^ Webb, Alfred (1878). "Yelverton, Barry, Viscount Avonmore" . A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: M. H. Gill & son.
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