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Minane Bridge () is a village in
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 ...
,
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It is in the
townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
of Minane, 20 km south of
Cork city Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city's ...
and 5 km south of
Carrigaline Carrigaline () is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork city, and with a population of 15,770 people, it is one of the largest commuter towns of the city. The R611 regiona ...
. The local church is Sacred Heart Church of Tracton Abbey Parish. Minane Bridge is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork South-Central.


History

Minane 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. Tracton parish is the ancestral home of 1916 Easter Rising volunteer Diarmuid Lynch, who is buried in the graveyard of Tracton Abbey.


Sport

Minane Bridge is home to Tracton GAA club and Tracton Athletic Club. The "Tour de South Coast", a charity cycle, is organised locally.


See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland


References

Towns and villages in County Cork Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names {{Cork-geo-stub