Newmarket, County Cork
Encyclopedia
Newmarket, historically known as Aghatrasna , is a town
in the Barony of Duhallow
, County Cork
, Ireland
.
with:
Town
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in the Barony of Duhallow
Duhallow
Duhallow is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland.- Legal context :Baronies were created after the Norman invasion as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. Baronies continue to be regarded as officially defined units, but they are no longer used...
, County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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.
Sport
- Glenlara GAAGlenlara GAAGlenlara GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based around the rural area of Taur, Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland. The club plays Gaelic football in the Duhallow division competitions....
and Newmarket GAANewmarket GAANewmarket GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling club in Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland which is part of the parish of Newmarket and Taur.-History:...
are the local Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
clubs.
People
- John Philpot CurranJohn Philpot CurranJohn Philpot Curran was an Irish orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork. He was the son of James and Sarah Curran.-Career:...
, the famous Irish orator and lawyer, was born on July 24, 1750 in Newmarket. He is credtited as being the originator of the saying "The cost of Liberty is Eternal Vigillence". - Sarah CurranSarah CurranSarah Curran was the youngest daughter of John Philpot Curran, an eminent Irish lawyer. She lived in the priory in Rathfarnham and was the great love of Irish nationalist Robert Emmet.-Biography:...
, daughter of John Philpot CurranJohn Philpot CurranJohn Philpot Curran was an Irish orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork. He was the son of James and Sarah Curran.-Career:...
was the love of Irish rebel leader Robert EmmetRobert EmmetRobert Emmet was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader born in Dublin, Ireland...
. After her death in 1808 she was buried in the Protestant graveyard in Newmarket. - Ex-Cork footballer Danny CullotyDanny CullotyDanny Culloty is an American-born former sportsperson who played Gaelic football with Cork in the 1980s and 1990s.-Trivia:* Culloty won every possible football medal with Cork except at minor level, a grade he did not play in as he immigrated to Ireland when he was...
- Ex-Cork Hurler Jerry Cronin
- Irish international rugby player Tony BuckleyTony BuckleyTony "Mushy" Buckley is an Irish rugby union player from Newmarket, County Cork, who plays tighthead prop for Sale in the Aviva Premiership and for Ireland. He is currently one of the heaviest men playing professional rugby, weighing in at 21 st 5 lbs or 135 kilograms. He wears size 16 boots...
- Noted Irish Republican Army Commandant Seán MoylanSeán MoylanSeán Moylan was a Commandant of the Irish Republican Army and later a Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil politician...
lived in Newmarket and initially captained the Newmarket company of Oglaigh na hEireann during the Anglo-Irish war
Twin towns — Sister cities
Newmarket is twinnedTown twinning
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with:
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in the United States of America - MauronMauronMauron is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-Demographics:The inhabitants of Mauron are known in French as Mauronnais.-Twin towns:Mauron is twinned with the town of Newmarket in Ireland.-References:* *...
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See also
- Newmarket GAANewmarket GAANewmarket GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling club in Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland which is part of the parish of Newmarket and Taur.-History:...
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Cork)
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- The barony of DuhallowDuhallowDuhallow is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland.- Legal context :Baronies were created after the Norman invasion as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. Baronies continue to be regarded as officially defined units, but they are no longer used...
- Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh are two different Gaelic patronymic names with different origins and meanings, but which share the same or similar Anglicisations...
, see Mac Amhlaoibh (sept of Mac Cárthaigh) which was seated at Newmarket.