Carrigaline
{{short description |Town in County Cork, Ireland}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type = Town
|official_name = Carrigaline
|native_name = {{lang|ga|Carraig Uí Leighin}}
|native_name_lang = ga
|image_skyline = Heron's Wood - geograph.org.uk - 4167427.jpg
|image_caption = Carrigaline – Heron's Wood
|pushpin_map = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
|coordinates = {{coord|51|48|59|N|8|23|29|W|region:IE|display=inline,title}}
|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference
|blank_info = {{iem4ibx|W727625}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Munster
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Cork
|unit_pref = Metric
|elevation_m = 17
|area_total_km2 = 4.6
|population_as_of = 2022
|population_total = 18,239
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url = https://citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/cork/18753__carrigaline/| website = citypopulation.de | title = Carrigaline (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 1 August 2023 }}
|area_code_type = Telephone area code
|area_code = +353(0)21
|postal_code_type = Eircode routing key
|postal_code = P43
|timezone = WET
|utc_offset = ±0
|timezone_DST = IST
|utc_offset_DST = +1
}}
{{Historical populations
|state=collapsed
|1841|603
|1851|780
|1861|648
|1871|439
|1881|576
|1891|438
|1901|476
|1911|518
|1926|379
|1936|315
|1946|357
|1951|492
|1956|606
|1961|688
|1966|772
|1971|971
|1981|4147
|1986|5893
|1991|6482
|1996|7025
|2002|9345
|2006|11282
|2011|14775
|2016|15770
|2022|18239
|footnote={{cite web |url=http://cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011vol1andprofile1/Table%205.pdf |title=Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area |publisher=CSO|access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112194519/http://cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011vol1andprofile1/Table%205.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.carrigaline.ie/pages/history.html |title=Historical Overview of Carrigaline |publisher=Carrigaline.ie |access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110112555/http://www.carrigaline.ie/pages/history.html |archive-date=10 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=Census 2011 |publisher=CSO|access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |title=NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013 |publisher=Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk |date=27 September 2010 |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |archive-date=17 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.carrigaline.ie/pages/history/village.html#Population_Trends |title=Carrigaline Village (c.1850) |publisher=Carrigaline.ie |access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306175958/http://carrigaline.ie/pages/history/village.html#Population_Trends |archive-date=6 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book
|last=Lee|first=J. J.| author-link =J. J. Lee (historian)|editor-last=Goldstrom|editor-first=J. M.|editor2-last=Clarkson
|editor2-first=L. A.|title=Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell
|year=1981 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford, England
|chapter=On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses}}{{Cite journal |last = Mokyr | first = Joel |author-link = Joel Mokyr |last2 = Ó Gráda |first2 = Cormac |author2-link = Cormac Ó Gráda |title = New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850 |journal=The Economic History Review |volume = 37 |issue = 4
|pages = 473–488 |series = Volume |date=November 1984
|url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract |archive-url = https://archive.today/20121204160709/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2012-12-04 |doi = 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x |hdl = 10197/1406 |hdl-access = free }}{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EDF37BEF-2E70-442F-8A29-0A2B079583D1#SAPMAP_T1_100 | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2016 | title = Sapmap Area – Settlements – Carrigaline | date = 2016 | access-date = 12 January 2018 | archive-date = 13 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150237/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EDF37BEF-2E70-442F-8A29-0A2B079583D1#SAPMAP_T1_100 | url-status = live }}{{cite web|url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2022 | title = F1015: Population and Average Age by Sex and List of Towns (number and percentages), 2022 | date = April 2022 | accessdate = 29 June 2023 }}
}}
Carrigaline ({{IPAc-en|k|æ|r|ɪ|ɡ|ə|ˈ|l|aɪ|n}};{{cite web |title=Carrigaline Cheese |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abr3v2fWDW0 |website=YouTube |publisher=NeighbourFood Markets |access-date=30 November 2024}} {{Irish place name|Carraig Uí Leighin|rock of Ó Leighin}}) is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about {{convert|12|km|mi|}} south of Cork city, and with a population of 18,239 people, it is one of the largest commuter towns in the county.{{cite web|url = https://www.corkbeo.ie/all-about/carrigaline?pageNumber=3 | website = corkbeo.ie | title = Carrigaline | accessdate = 11 August 2022 | quote = Carrigaline, located about 20 minutes outside the city, is one of the biggest commuter towns in Cork }} The R611 regional road passes through the town, and it is just off the N28 national primary route to Ringaskiddy. Carrigaline grew rapidly in the late 20th century, from a village of a few hundred people into a thriving commuter town{{cite web|url=http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/573783672.pdf|title=Carrigaline Area Transport Study Executive Summary|publisher=Corkcoco.ie|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103234/http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/573783672.pdf | archive-date=2 April 2015 | date = 2007 | quote = Carrigaline has grown rapidly over the last ten years [1997–2007] and currently [2007] has a population of around 16,000 people}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2007/0219/ireland/carrigaline-calls-time-on-developer-led-growth-25787.html|title=Carrigaline calls time on developer-led growth|publisher=Irishexaminer.com|access-date=27 February 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201203045/http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2007/0219/ireland/carrigaline-calls-time-on-developer-led-growth-25787.html|url-status=live}} although some locals still refer to it as "the village".{{cite web|url=http://www.carrigaline.ie/pages/history.html|title=Historical Overview of Carrigaline to Present Day|publisher=Carrigaline.ie|access-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110112555/http://www.carrigaline.ie/pages/history.html|archive-date=10 January 2016|url-status=dead}} The town is one of the key gateways to west Cork, especially for those who arrive by ferry from France. Carrigaline is within the Cork South-Central Dáil constituency.
Economy
Carrigaline Pottery, situated in Main Street, closed in 1979, but was subsequently re-opened and run as a co-operative for many years after that. Despite its small size, the village also had a small cinema, owned and run by the Cogan family.[https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/59850 Oakwood Cinema] Neither the pottery nor the cinema exist today. The Carrigdhoun Weekly newspaper is published in Carrigaline.
The town has four banks and a credit union. There is a long-established Supervalu supermarket, as well as Dunnes Stores, Lidl and Aldi stores. The four-star Carrigaline Court Hotel is located across from the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St John. In addition to retail shops, Main Street has a number of pubs and restaurants. A Dairygold Co-op Superstore is located on Kilmoney Road.
Demographics
As of the 2016 census, Carrigaline had a population of 15,770. Of this population, 83% were white Irish, less than 1% white Irish traveller, 11% other white ethnicities, 2% black, 1% Asian, 1% other, and less than 1% had not stated their ethnicity. In terms of religion the town is 81% Catholic, 8% other stated religion, 11% with no religion, and less than 1% no stated religion.{{cite web | title = Carrigaline Demographics | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EDF37BEF-2E70-442F-8A29-0A2B079583D1 | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2016 – Small Area Population Statistics | date = 2016 | access-date = 13 January 2018 | archive-date = 13 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150237/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EDF37BEF-2E70-442F-8A29-0A2B079583D1 | url-status = live }} By the 2022 census, the population had grown to 18,239.
International relations
Carrigaline has town twinning agreements with the commune of Guidel in Brittany, France, and with the town of Kirchseeon, in Bavaria, Germany.{{cite web | url = http://www.carrigaline.ie/p/twinning.html | publisher = Carrigaline Community Association Limited | website = carrigaline.ie | title = Carrigaline Twinning Association | access-date = 18 September 2018 | archive-date = 18 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180918123652/http://www.carrigaline.ie/p/twinning.html | url-status = live }}
Transport
Carrigaline is served by a number of Bus Éireann bus routes. These include route 220 (Ovens via Ballincollig, Cork city centre and Douglas), 220X (Ovens via Cork city centre, onwards to Fountainstown and Crosshaven), 225 (Kent Station via the city centre and Cork Airport, onwards to Haulbowline), and 225L (Carrigaline Industrial Estate via Ringaskiddy to Haulbowline).{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Carrigaline railway station closed in 1932.{{cite web |title=Carrigaline |url=http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20C/Carrigaline/IrishRailwayStations.html |website=Eiretrains |access-date=13 August 2023}}
Culture
= Sport =
Local sporting organisations include association football (soccer) clubs Avondale United FC and Carrigaline United A.F.C., Gaelic Athletic Association club Carrigaline GAA, rugby union club Carrigaline RFC, and other tennis, badminton, basketball, golf, and martial arts clubs.{{cite web | url = http://www.carrigaline.ie/p/clubs-and-societies.html | publisher = Carrigaline Community Association Limited | website = carrigaline.ie | title = Clubs and Societies | access-date = 18 September 2018 | archive-date = 18 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160453/http://www.carrigaline.ie/p/clubs-and-societies.html | url-status = live }}
= Religion =
Carrigaline's Roman Catholic church, the church of 'Our Lady and John', was built in 1957.{{cite web |url=https://carrigalineparish.ie/our-parish/a-history-of-our-lady-and-st-john/ | website = carrigalineparish.ie | title = Carrigaline Parish – Parish and Church History | accessdate = 27 May 2022 }} The local Baptist church was founded in 1987.{{cite web |url=https://www.carrigalinebaptist.ie/about-us | website = carrigalinebaptist.ie | title = Carrigaline Baptist Church – About Us | accessdate = 27 May 2022 }} The Church of Ireland (Anglican) church, St Mary's church, dates to 1824.{{Cite book|last=Keohane|first=Frank|title=The Buildings of Ireland: Cork City and County|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2020|isbn=978 0 300 22487 0|location=New Haven and London|pages=283}}
Notable people
{{See also|Category:People from Carrigaline}}
- Francis Hodder (1906–1943), first-class cricketer, rugby union player and Royal Air Force officer{{cite book |last1=McCrery |first1=Nigel |title=The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two |date=2011 |publisher=Pen and Sword |pages=372–73 |volume=2nd volume |isbn=978-1526706980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYQwDwAAQBAJ |language=en |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419060814/https://books.google.com/books?id=RYQwDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}
- Aaron Drinan (b.1998), association footballer{{cite web | url = https://www.carrigdhoun.com/post/carrigaline-s-drinan-called-up-to-ireland-u21-squad | publisher = The Carrigdhoun | website = carrigdhoun.com | title = Carrigaline's Drinan Called Up To Ireland U21 Squad | date = 20 March 2019 | access-date = 13 September 2020 | archive-date = 13 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200913164650/https://www.carrigdhoun.com/post/carrigaline-s-drinan-called-up-to-ireland-u21-squad | url-status = live }}
- Nicholas Murphy (b.1978), former Gaelic footballer{{cite web | url = https://www.the42.ie/nicholas-murphy-cork-666073-Nov2012/ | publisher = Journal Media Ltd | website = the42.ie | title = Nicholas Murphy announces retirement | date = 8 November 2012 | access-date = 13 September 2020 | archive-date = 19 December 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201219085148/https://www.the42.ie/nicholas-murphy-cork-666073-Nov2012/ | url-status = live }}
- Simon Coveney (b.1972), former Tánaiste has a constituency office in Carrigaline{{cite web | url = https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/desperate-cork-publicans-set-protest-18885303 | website = corkbeo.ie | title = Desperate Cork publicans set to protest outside Minister's offices in Carrigaline | date = 6 September 2020 | access-date = 13 September 2020 | archive-date = 7 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200907031119/https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/desperate-cork-publicans-set-protest-18885303 | url-status = live }}
See also
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