Knocknagree (; the hill of the horse stud) is located in the north-west of
County Cork in
Ireland
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. Located on the
R582 (
Ballydesmond to
Macroom
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)
regional road it is 5 km north of
Rathmore. It is approximately one mile from the Cork-
Kerry
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border, and looks south towards the
Blackwater River
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. Across the Blackwater River is
Gneeveguilla, one of the nearest villages on the other side of border with
County Kerry. Knocknagree is within the
Cork North-West (Dáil constituency)
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.
The village had, in 2004 and 2005, seen extensive redevelopment on the expansive "Fairfield" or Village Green. Before the advent of the modern cattle-mart, this green was the venue of one of the largest livestock markets in Munster. The monthly "fair", as it was known, died out in the 1970s.
The village is near the southern edge of the area known as
Sliabh Luachra.
History
On 7 February 1921, Michael J. Kelleher, aged 14, who while playing with other boys of his own age, ran away on the approach of military lorries and was shot dead. Two other boys, aged 8 and 11 years, were wounded. The eighteenth-century poet
Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin died here.
Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin: aspects of his life and work
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See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
* Knocknagree GAA
References
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External links
Knocknagree Community
Towns and villages in County Cork