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
Newmarket
Irish: Áth Trasna | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Saint Mary's Catholic Church | |
  Newmarket Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 9°00′11″W / 52.215112°N 9.0031°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Population | 1,052 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R314076 |
History
editThe 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
editThe 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
editNewmarket is twinned with:
- Lakeview, Oregon in the United States of America
- Mauron in France
Notable people
edit- Tony Buckley (b.1980), Irish international rugby player[10]
- Jerry Cronin (b.1957), former Cork hurler who played with Newmarket GAA club[11]
- Danny Culloty (b.1964), former Cork footballer[12]
- John Philpot Curran (1750–1817), the Irish orator and lawyer, was born in 1750 in Newmarket. He is credited as being the originator of the saying "The cost of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance".[13]
- Sarah Curran (1782–1808), daughter of the above, was the love of Irish rebel leader Robert Emmet. After her death in 1808, she was buried in Newmarket.[14]
- Seán Moylan (1889–1957), Irish Republican Army commandant and later Minister for Agriculture, lived in Newmarket[15]
- Edward Worth (c.1620–1669), Bishop of Killaloe, was born in Newmarket about 1620, son of the local (and probably the first) Church of Ireland vicar of Newmarket, James Worth.[citation needed]
- Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore (1736–1805), politician and judge, born and raised near Newmarket.[16][17][18]
See also
edit- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Cork)
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs), see Mac Amhlaoibh (sept of Mac Cárthaigh) which was seated at Newmarket.
References
edit- ^ "Census 2022 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Newmarket". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office.
- ^ "Áth Trasna/Newmarket". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Newmarket Railway".
- ^ "Newmarket". eiretrains.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Saint Mary's Church, Main Street, Chapel Street, Newmarket, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Christ Church, Main Street, Church Street, Newmarket, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Newmarket GNS". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Newmarket Boys' School". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "School Transport". colaistetreasa.com. Coláiste Treasa Kanturk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Tony Buckley Returns To His Roots". munsterrugby.ie. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Cork Double 1990: Danny Culloty came home to Cork to achieve the great American dream". Irish Examiner. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Hamilton, John (1888). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13. pp. 332–340.
- ^
Webb, Alfred (1878). "Emmet, Robert". A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: M. H. Gill & son. p. 171.
- ^ Carroll, Aideen (2010). Seán Moylan: Rebel Leader. Mercier. p. 18. ISBN 9781856356695.
- ^ O'Brien, Gerard (October 2009). "Yelverton, Barry". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.009161.v1.
- ^ Falkiner, Cæsar Litton (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Webb, Alfred (1878). . A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: M. H. Gill & son.