Inchigeelagh () is a small village, townland and

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County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns a ...

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. The village is just outside a

Gaeltacht ( , , ) are the districts of Ireland, individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially reco ...

area. Inchigeelagh is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. The

River Lee The River Lee (Irish: ''An Laoi'') is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's ...

passes through the village. The nearby 'pater noster' string of lakes collectively known as

Lough Allua Lough Allua () is a freshwater lake in County Cork with an area of 1.36 km² located beside Inchigeelagh and forms part of the River Lee. Wildlife Lough Allua is a pike, salmon, Arctic char and trout Trout are species of freshw ...

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 Carrigadrohid () is a townland and village in the parish of Aghinagh, County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the north bank of the River Lee, with the nearby village of Canovee to the south. Carrigadrohid is part of the Dáil constituency of ...

and

Inniscarra Inniscarra () is a civil parish in the barony of Muskerry East, County Cork, Ireland. It is located about 15km west of Cork city. The local GAA club is Inniscarra GAA and Dripsey GAA. Inniscarra is located on the north side of the River Lee. ...

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. A hotel was built in 1810 to serve the horse-drawn coaches of tourists travelling the Prince of Wales route to

Kenmare Kenmare () is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of ''Ceann Mara'', meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay. Location Kenmare is located at the head of Kenmare Ba ...

and

Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Cast ...

. 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. 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. Inchigeelagh was the meeting place for the Lyre Company

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, in April 1916, from where they intended to collect some of the rifles sent by

Roger Casement Roger David Casement ( ga, Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn; 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during Worl ...

on board the ship ''

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'' for use in the

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. However, the ship was captured by the British Navy before it could deliver the arms.

People

* Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774–c.1848), a composer of oral poetry in

Munster Irish Munster Irish () is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Munster. Gaeltacht regions in Munster are found in the Gaeltachtaí of the Dingle Peninsula in west County Kerry, in the Iveragh Peninsula in south Kerry, in Cap ...

, is buried in Inchigeelah * Chris Óg Jones (b.1998), Gaelic footballer * Cathal Vaughan (b.1994), Gaelic footballer

Gallery

File:County Cork - St Finbarr's Church - 20170928183914.jpg, St Finbarr's Church File:The Crannóg, Tir na Spideoge, Inchigeelagh - geograph.org.uk - 727054.jpg, Crannóg, Tir na Spideoge File:Carrignacurra Castle, Inchigeelagh - geograph.org.uk - 734639.jpg, Carrignacurra Castle File:Bridge over the River Lee, Inchigeelagh - geograph.org.uk - 1243044.jpg, Bridge over the Lee at Inchigeelagh File:The old cemetery and church at Inchigeelagh - geograph.org.uk - 483716.jpg, Old cemetery and church at Inchigeelagh

References

Towns and villages in County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub