Minane Bridge

Minane Bridge (Irish: Droichead an Mhionnáin)[1] is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the townland of Minane, 20 km south of Cork city and 5 km south of Carrigaline. The local church is Sacred Heart Church of Tracton Abbey Parish.[2] Minane Bridge is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork South-Central.

Minane Bridge

Droichead an Mhionnáin
Village
The main street in Minane Bridge
Minane Bridge
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°45′46″N 08°22′27″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

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. The Tracton parish is the ancestral home of 1916 GPO patriot, Diarmuid Lynch, who is buried in the graveyard of Tracton Abbey; a Roman Catholic monastery that was in the area in medieval times having been founded in 1224.[3]

Sport

Minane Bridge is home to Tracton GAA club and Tracton Athletic Club.

The "Tour de South Coast", a charity cycle, is organised locally.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Placenames Database of Ireland". Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. "Parish of Tracton Abbey". Diocese of Cork and Ross. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
  4. "Tour De South Coast, Minane Bridge". tourdesouthcoast.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.


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