Castlemagner

File:Castles of Munster- Castle Magner, Cork (1) (geograph 3036442).jpg

The area takes its name from the eponymous Castle Magner, a Norman-era tower house which is located approximately {{convert|500|m}} east of the village itself on the eastern boundary of Castlemagner townland. Owned by a Richard Magner during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the tower house was largely destroyed in the late 16th century.{{cite web|url = https://www.castles.nl/castle-magner | website = castles.nl | title = Castle Magner | access-date = 27 April 2020}}{{cite book| title = The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, Volume 1 | author = Charles Smith | publisher = J. Connor | date = 1815 | page = 296 | quote = About two miles to the N. of Clonmene [Banteer], is Castle-Magner [..] In the rebellion of 1641, this castle belonged to Richard Magner, agent for the Irish inhabitants of Orrery and Kilmore | url = https://archive.org/details/ancientandprese01smitgoog }} The lands surrounding Castle Magner were confiscated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.{{cite book |chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/C/Castlemagner-Duhallow-Cork.php | author = Samuel Lewis | date = 1837 | chapter = Castle-Magner | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | quote = Castle-Magner, a parish [..] derives its name from the family of Magner, to whom this part of the country formerly belonged, and who erected a castle here, which was forfeited during the [Cromwellian] protectorate }} The castle is largely in ruin, though the stair turret and parts of the surrounding bawn wall remain.

Close to the castle is Saint Bridget's Church, a disused but largely extant Church of Ireland church.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902418/saint-bridgets-church-castlemagner-co-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saint Bridget's Church, Castlemagner, County Cork | date = | access-date = 27 April 2020}} While the church itself was built in the early 19th century, the surrounding cemetery contains gravestones which are dated from the 18th century and earlier.{{cite web|url = https://historicgraves.com/graveyard/castlemagner/co-csmr?page=5 | publisher = | website = historicgraves.com | title = Castlemagner, RMP/Site number: CO024-108001- | access-date = 27 April 2020 }} File:Castlemanger Holy Well.jpgA nearby holy well, also dedicated to Saint Bridget, is covered by a carved stone surround including an 18th-century inscription and a carving, sometimes claimed to be a Sheela na gig.{{cite web|url = https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/2016/03/16/st-brigets-well-castlemagner/ | publisher = | website = holywellscorkandkerry.com | title = St Bridget's Well, Castlemagner | access-date = 27 April 2020 }}{{cite journal | title = The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland | volume = 67 | publisher = Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland | date = 1937 | page = 180 | quote = That such [Sheela na gig] figures, though in a more restrained style, might be carved in all sincerity even later, is shown by the example at St. Bridget's Well, Castlemagner [..] It is carved by the door of the well, and [..] dated by Du Noyer to the seventeenth century}}{{cite book|url = https://www.knowth.com/pdf/sheela-na-gigs.pdf | title = Sheela-na-gigs - Unravelling An Enigma | author = Barbara Freitag | date = 2004 | publisher = Routledge | isbn = 0-415-34553-7 | page = 113 }}

Castlemagner's Roman Catholic church, which is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built c.1880, is located within the village itself.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902317/saint-marys-church-lisduggan-south-county-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saint Mary's Church, Lisduggan South, County Cork | date = | access-date = 27 April 2020}} There is a shrine to Edel Quinn, a local lay missionary, within the church grounds.{{cite web|url = http://cloynediocese.ie/edel-quinn/ | publisher = Cloyne Diocese | website = cloynediocese.ie | title = Saintly men and women of our Diocese: Venerable Edel Quinn | access-date = 27 April 2020}}

Castlemagner has a community centre building,{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/three-paddys-are-men-of-the-hour-38258838.html| publisher = Independent News & Media | work = The Corkman | title = Three Paddys are men of the hour | date = 28 June 2019 | access-date = 27 April 2020 }} a pub (the Castle Bar, known locally as Geoff's).{{cite web|url = http://castlemagner-his-soc.com/about-us/ | publisher = Castlemagner Historical Society | website = castlemagner-his-soc.com | title = About Us | access-date = 27 April 2020 }} The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Castlemagner GAA, fields Gaelic football and hurling teams in the Duhallow division.{{cite web|url = https://gaacork.ie/clubprofile/2926/ | publisher = | website = gaacork.ie | title = Club Profile - Castlemagner | access-date = 27 April 2020}} The club won the Cork Junior B Hurling Championship in 2012.{{cite web| url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/glory-for-castlemagner-206186.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Glory for Castlemagner | date = 3 September 2012 | access-date = 27 April 2020 }}

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