Rockchapel () is a village in north

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. It is located near the border of counties Cork,

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and

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. Rockchapel is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. Much of the land close to the village is planted with coniferous trees, mainly of

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and Sitka spruce. This was largely facilitated by financial funding from the national forestry company Coillte through its grant support scheme. The local GAA club is

Rockchapel GAA Rockchapel GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Rockchapel in the North West of County Cork, Ireland which forms part of the parish of Rockchapel and Meelin. The village is located close to border with County Kerry ...

which fields Gaelic football teams in Duhallow division competitions. The local church is dedicated to

Saint Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupat ...

and was built . Rockchapel forms half a parish in the

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, the other half of the parish being Meelin. The village got its name from the penal times when

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religious services were banned. Mass was said on a rock in a remote area. Rockchapel has two pubs, one shop, a community centre, church, funeral home and graveyard. As of 2018, the local national (primary) school had 41 pupils enrolled. The headwaters of the

River Feale Beach seine fishing for salmon in River Feale near by town Ballybunion, year 1975. The River Feale (''An Fhéil'' or ''Abhainn na Féile'' in Irish) rises near Rockchapel in the Mullaghareirk Mountains of County Cork in the southwest of Irel ...

rise approximately 4.3 km northeast of the village between the townlands of Rockhill West, Rockhill East and Tooreenmacauliffe on the southwestern slopes of Mullaghareirk mountain.

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

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