Douglas, Cork#Amenities

There are a number of extant or proposed prehistoric sites in Douglas and the surrounding area, including a shell midden, ringforts, souterrains, and a fulacht fiadh.{{cite book|last1=Power|first1=Denis|display-authors=etal|title=Archaeological inventory of County Cork. comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale|date=1994|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|isbn=0707603234|pages=70,99,134,145,160,364|quote=Nos. 4282,4501,4799,4968,5097 & 6328.}}{{cite book|title=Report: Cork Harbour Archaeology|date=June 1975|publisher=Department of Archaeology, University College Cork}} Further evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area includes the finding of a Bronze Age decorated beaten gold disc in the townland of Castletreasure; although reputed to be related to the ruined castle of the same name, it has actually been dated to 2500-2000 BC.{{cite web|title=British Museum - Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum - Castletreasure Farm Hoard|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1364335&partid=1&output=Terms%2F!!%2FOR%2F!!%2F17256%2F!%2F%2F!%2Fperforated%2F!%2F%2F!!%2F%2F!!!%2F&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fpublications%2Fonline_research_catalogues%2Frussian_icons%2Fcatalogue_of_russian_icons%2Fadvanced_search.aspx¤tPage=3&catalogueOnly=true&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=&catalogueSection=&numpages=12|website=www.britishmuseum.org|access-date=4 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=47–51}}{{cite book|last1=Power|first1=Denis|display-authors=etal|title=Archaeological inventory of County Cork. comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale|date=1994|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|isbn=0707603234|page=210|quote=No. 5526.}}

The first known mention of Douglas is in an inquisition on the lands of Gerald de Prendergast in 1251, and in a 1291 taxation document which records the lands as being an appurtenance of the Church of Bauvier.{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/irelandundernorm02orpeuoft | title= Ireland under the Normans | author= Goddard Henry Orpen | date= 1911 | publisher= Clarendon Press |page= [https://archive.org/details/irelandundernorm02orpeuoft/page/47 47] | chapter = The Occupation of Cork}} It is alternately listed as "Duffelglasse" and "Duglasse" in 1302 and 1306, respectively, as part of the parish of Carrigaline. In the year 1603, it became one of the liberties of Cork City.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=3, 5}} In 1615, parochial records mention the chapel of Douglas being laid waste, reportedly due to theft of the foundation stones, and in a 1700 entry of the same records it is mentioned that the ruined chapel in question had been the church of Carrigaline parish for a century prior to the construction of a new church in Carrigaline itself.{{cite book|last1=Brady|first1=William Maziere|title=Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross|volume=I|date=1863|page=60|url=http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/bradysclericalandparochialrecords/volume1/vol1_54_97.pdf|access-date=3 September 2017|quote=1615... Dowglasse, particula ejusdem, Capella vasta... 1700. Thursday, Sept. 27... Near Douglas, in this parish, is a burying-place, in an open field ; there is still remaining the foundation of a church, but they were carrying away the stones of the foundation. I charg'd them to carry away no more... This was, about 100 years ago, the church of Carickoline parish, before the new church was built, where it now is, in the centre of ye parish.}} By the mid-seventeenth century, it had a population of 308 people (of whom 33 were English) and consisted of a number of large farms.{{cite web | url = http://www.dcscork.ie/history-of-douglas/ | title = History of Douglas | publisher = Douglas Community School website | access-date = 28 August 2017 | archive-date = 16 April 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100416203928/http://www.dcscork.ie/history-of-douglas/ | url-status = dead }}

The area began to develop as an urban settlement in the early eighteenth century with the opening of the "Douglas factory" in 1726, reported in August 1755 to be the property of "Messrs. Perry, Carleton and Co.", with 100 looms initially operational.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=12–14}} The mills produced sail-cloth and supplied sails to the Royal Navy, amongst other clients. The industry was established by Huguenot weavers and textile workers, such as the Besnards, who acquired the Mills by 1783 and in 1801 installed the first powered spindles in Ireland, along with skilled workers from Ulster and Scotland.{{cite web|title=Heritage Trail: Douglas Mills - Douglas Tidy Towns|url=http://douglastidytowns.ie/heritage-trail-douglas-mills/|website=douglastidytowns.ie|access-date=3 September 2017}} In addition to the mill workers, employees included over 1,000 spinners working from their houses, and hacklers, bleachers and labourers tasked with preparing raw material in Douglas village.

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Further textile mills opened in the nineteenth century, including an additional Besnard-owned scutching mill (Ravensdale, 1806),{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=19–21, 26}} Lane's Corn and Hemp Mills (now Douglas Community Park, 1845),{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=31–33}} O’Brien's Brothers (St Patrick's Woollen Mills, 1882),{{cite web|title=Heritage Trail: O'Brien's/St Patrick's Mills - Douglas Tidy Towns|url=http://douglastidytowns.ie/heritage-trail-obriens-st-patricks-mills/|website=douglastidytowns.ie|access-date=4 September 2017}} Donnybrook Mills (Wallis & Pollock Flax Mills, 1866; re-opened as Morroghs' Woolen Mills, 1889/1890){{cite book|last1=Power|first1=Denis|display-authors=etal|title=Archaeological inventory of County Cork. comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale|date=1994|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|isbn=0707603234|page=357|quote=No. 6288.}} and Conroy's Rope and Twine Mills (now Galway's Lane, 1892). Most of the mills ceased to operate in the early twentieth century, although St Patrick's Woollen Mills and Donnybrook Mills continued to operate until the 1970s. Some of the houses built for the mill workers are still in existence, including a terrace of houses near the junction of the Grange Road and Donnybrook Hill.{{cite web|url = http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20908625 | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | title = Donnybrook, County Cork - Terrace of houses most built for mill workers | work = Buildings of Ireland | access-date = 3 September 2017 }}

Other large businesses of the time included an Osiery beside Conroy's Mills, two large brick manufacturers which straddled the nearby estuary, the Ravensdale Flour Mill, and the Woodville Flour Mill which was situated south of the Rochestown train station and produced sea biscuits and ship bread.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=33–36}}

Douglas developed as a suburban area throughout the later eighteenth century and the nineteenth century, and was noted for the high concentration of 'big houses'. The popularity of the area among the nobility was such that elevated prices were commanded for the surrounding lands, and as a result, the acreage of the estates was lower than average.{{cite book|title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44|date=1846|publisher=A. Fullarton|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIRQAQAAIAAJ&q=townsend+douglas+anything+of+good+demesne+land&pg=PA49|access-date=4 September 2017|language=en}} The oldest house was believed to have been Ronayne's Court, built in 1627 by Morris Ronayne; although the house was demolished in 1969, the original inscribed fireplace was moved to Blackrock Castle.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=52–55}}{{cite book|last1=Power|first1=Denis|display-authors=etal|title=Archaeological inventory of County Cork. comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale|date=1994|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|isbn=0707603234|page=235|quote=No. 5594.}} The nearby Montfieldstown House was reputed to be the inspiration for Havisham House of Dickens' Great Expectations, having been abandoned following a ruined wedding. Bloomfield House was connected to a notorious libel case between the prominent Cork Pike and Beamish families, in which the judge, who ruled in favour of Pike in Pike v Beamish, was given the house upon announcement of the verdict by the mother of the plaintiff.{{cite book|title=The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal - Volume 98|date=1965|publisher=J. Falconer|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JI8vAQAAIAAJ&q=pike+v+beamish|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=57–59}} Windsor House was occupied by Lord Bandon, Sir Abraham Sutton and the Kiltegan Fathers, before being redeveloped as the Rochestown Park Hotel. Ballybrack House was occupied by the Lane family, also of Vernon Mount, and is the birthplace of art dealer Sir Hugh Lane. It received frequent visits from Lady Gregory, a close relation of the family. High Court, built in 1720 and later known as Westgrove, was the birthplace of playwright and Abbey director Lennox Robinson. Grange House was home of the Conron family, descended from Sir Christopher Hatton, for over 300 years.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=62–65}} Douglas Hall, one of the few remaining examples of a slate-fronted house in Ireland,{{cite web|url = http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CC®no=20871037 | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | title = Douglas Hall, Well Road, Cork, Cork City | work = Buildings of Ireland | access-date = 3 September 2017 }} was home to Rev. Dr. Francis Moylan, Bishop of Cork, who was made a freeman for his rhetorical opposition to the French invasion at Bantry Bay during the 1798 Rebellion. Vernon Mount, which was built for a wealthy merchant family in the late 18th century,{{cite web|url= http://www.vernonmountpark.ie/owners-occupants.php |title= Vernon Mount – Owners & Occupiers | publisher= Grange Frankfield Partnership |access-date=31 July 2016 }}{{cite web|url= http://triskelartscentre.ie/christchurch/famous-characters/attiwell-hayes-2/ | publisher= Triskel Arts Centre | title= Famous Characters - Attiwell Hayes |access-date = 15 August 2016}} was occupied by Sir Henry Browne Hayes, who was sentenced to penal servitude in Botany Bay after attempting to abduct an heiress for forced marriage.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=104–113}} Other prominent Big Houses included Ravenscourt House, Old Court, Norwood Court, Ballybrack House, Donnybrook House, Montpelier House, Grange Erin, Castletreasure House, Bellvue House, Tramore House (home of the philanthropic Reeves family{{cite web|title=Heritage Trail: Tramore House - Douglas Tidy Towns|url=http://douglastidytowns.ie/heritage-trail-tramore-house/|website=douglastidytowns.ie|access-date=4 September 2017}}), and Maryborough House (now the Maryborough House Hotel, with an earlier late-17th century lodge).{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|page=160}}

Douglas was made a separate Roman Catholic parish sometime before 1768. St Columba's (Roman Catholic) church was built in 1814 by the Rev. Thomas Barry, according to local legend using the stones of the ruined castle of Castletreasure.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=39–40}} A Douglas "Chapel of Ease" to the Church of Ireland parish of Carrigaline was established on 17 September 1786, with the establishment of a full separate parish in February 1875. In 1855, the Protestant population of the parish was reported as having been 310, with 150 children attending the parish school.{{cite book|last1=Brady|first1=William Maziere|title=Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross|volume=I|date=1863|page=65|url=http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/bradysclericalandparochialrecords/volume1/vol1_54_97.pdf|access-date=3 September 2017|quote=Douglas Chapel of Ease in good order. Rev. J. Bustead is curate. No glebe-house. Five acres of land set. Divine service twice on all Sundays, and once on usual festivals and fasts. In winter, evening service in a house. 150 children are on rolls of a school kept by local subscribers. The Protestant population of Douglas is 310. Total Protestant population of both parts of this parish is 577.}} The 1785 church was rebuilt and reconsecrated on 27 August 1875 as St Luke's Church,{{cite book|last1=Power|first1=Denis|display-authors=etal|title=Archaeological inventory of County Cork. comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale|date=1994|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|isbn=0707603234|page=262|quote=No. 5718, 5719.}} however, following the death of the resident canon Samuel Hayman in 1886, as well as the principal architect, the church remained without a spire until 1889, with the church bell and tower clock donated by Mary Reeves of Tramore House, with the stipulation that the clock face towards her front door.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=42–45}}{{cite web|title=Heritage Trail: St Luke's Church of Ireland - Douglas Tidy Towns|url=http://douglastidytowns.ie/heritage-trail-st-lukes-church-of-ireland/|website=douglastidytowns.ie|access-date=3 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=The clock in St Luke's church - Douglas Tidy Towns|url=http://douglastidytowns.ie/the-clock-in-st-lukes-church/|website=douglastidytowns.ie|access-date=3 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=St. Luke's, Douglas T12 N832|url=http://www.douglas.cork.anglican.org/web/churches/st-lukes-douglas/|website=www.douglas.cork.anglican.org|access-date=3 September 2017}} Notable parishioners interred at St Luke's include the poet Richard Alfred Milliken, the librarian Richard Caulfield and the entrepreneur John Arnott;{{cite web|url = https://douglastidytowns.ie/heritage-trail-st-lukes-church-of-ireland-graveyard/ | website = douglastidytowns.ie | title = Douglas Tidy Towns - Heritage Trail - St Lukes Church of Ireland Graveyard| accessdate = 1 February 2024 }} in addition, a plaque was erected in the memory of art collector Sir Hugh Lane, deceased in the sinking of the Lusitania. The nearby parish of St Finbar's opened a chapel of ease in Frankfield in 1838, later known as the Holy Trinity, on ground donated by Samuel Lane.{{cite book|last1=Power|first1=Denis|display-authors=etal|title=Archaeological inventory of County Cork. comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale|date=1994|publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin|isbn=0707603234|page=298|quote=No. 5899.}} An additional graveyard, located on Carr's Hill, was opened in 1848 on land donated by the Master of the Workhouse, George Carr, to deal with the increase in deaths from the Great Famine.{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Con|title=A History Of Douglas|date=1991|publisher=R. Lynch|location=Cork|pages=97}}

In 1898, the Cork Electric Tramways and Lighting Company built a route from Cork city centre to Douglas. This operated until 1932 when it was replaced by a bus service.

In the second half of the twentieth century, Douglas underwent major changes as it became a full-fledged suburb of Cork. New housing was built and the area between Douglas and Cork City became built-up. Schools, shopping centres and other amenities developed to serve this new population. Douglas Community School was built in the late 1960s,{{citation | url = http://corkcocoplans.ie/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2016/07/Douglas-Land-Use-Transportation-Strategy-Final-Report-.pdf | title = Douglas Land Use & Transport Strategy (DLUTS) - DLUTS Final Report | website = corkcocoplans.ie | date = August 2013| accessdate = 21 July 2024 }} and the original Douglas Shopping Centre was completed in 1971.{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40748043.html | website = echolive.ie | title = Nostalgia: Celebrating 50 years of Douglas Village Shopping Centre | first = Amy | last = Nolan | date = 20 November 2021 | accessdate = 12 October 2023 }} This shopping centre underwent a significant redevelopment at the turn of the 21st century.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/douglas-village-shopping-centre-likely-to-be-closed-until-summer-2020-1.4019020 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Douglas Village shopping centre likely to be closed until summer 2020 | date = 15 September 2019 | access-date = 2 October 2019 }} A second shopping centre, Douglas Court Shopping Centre, was built in the late 1980s and a 5-screen multiplex cinema (since demolished) was also built. Several hotels, including the Rochestown Park Hotel and Maryborough House Hotel, were also developed.

Following the release of the MacKinnon Report in 2017, covering a possible extension of Cork city's boundary, it was proposed that the Douglas area (including Douglas, Frankfield, Grange and Donnybrook) would be moved to the administrative area of Cork City Council. This proposal would move all of Douglas to the city, ending the division of the area between the city and county councils. The boundary change (incorporating parts of Ballincollig, Douglas, Glanmire, and Rochestown within the city boundary) occurred in late May 2019.

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From the late 19th and into the 20th century, there was an expansion of residential areas in the Douglas catchment.{{cite web|url = http://douglascommunity.ie/about-douglas/ | publisher = Douglas Community Association | title = Douglas– A short history | access-date = 23 August 2017 | quote = "Douglas underwent significant development from the second half of the 19th century, with the construction of new housing estates" }}{{cite web|url = http://www.frankfieldgrange.ie/parish-information/parish-history/ | publisher = Frankfieldgrange.ie | title = Frankfield/Grange, Douglas, Cork - Parish History | access-date = 28 August 2017 | quote = "Major housing development occurred in the Douglas area of Cork from the early 1960s"}} Housing developments (mostly private, with some social housing) were built in Grange, Frankfield, Donnybrook, Maryborough, Rochestown, Mount Oval and along the two main roads connecting Douglas to the city centre, the Douglas Road and the South Douglas Road.{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/lets-move-to-douglas-cork-suburb-with-a-village-feel-has-something-for-all-31044180.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = Independent.ie | title = Lets move to Douglas: Cork suburb with a village feel has something for all | date = 6 March 2015 }}

{{anchor|Donnybrook}}Donnybrook, for example, is south of Douglas village, and has a small supermarket, snooker club, football club (College Corinthians) and forested walkway (at Ballybrack Woods) which serve as amenities for the residential developments in the Donnybrook Hill area.{{cite web|url = http://douglastidytowns.ie/wp-content/uploads/Ballybrack-Woods-Site-Assessment-2013.pdf | title = Ballybrack Woods Trail 2013 Site Assessment Report | publisher = National Trails Office - Irish Sports Council | via = Douglas Tidy Towns | date = 2003 | access-date = 23 August 2017 }}

{{anchor|Grange}}{{anchor|Frankfield}}Grange and Frankfield (encompassed by Frankfield/Grange parish) lie to the west of Douglas village, and are mainly residential areas served by retail outlets (including SuperValu and Aldi), schools (like Scoil Nioclais primary school) and other services (including an office of Douglas credit union).{{cite web|url = https://secure.douglascu.ie/contact | publisher = Douglas Credit Union | title = Credit Union Offices - Contact Details | access-date = 21 August 2017 }} The residential development at Mount Oval has a bar, Spar, and a pharmacy.{{cite web|url = http://www.sherryfitz.ie/files/SAM//29125/WWW/Mount%20Oval%20Pharmacy_C&W_16CORINV00877.pdf | publisher = Sherry Fitzgerald | access-date = 23 August 2017 | title = Mount Oval Pharmacy, The Square, Mount Oval Village| quote = "the commercial centre of Mount Oval Village [..is..] laid out in a courtyard setting with [..a..] dental practice, doctor surgery, Spar, [..and..] bar and restaurant" }}

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Amenities and green-spaces in the area include Douglas Community Park (a 5-acre park close to the centre of Douglas which includes a playground),{{cite web|url = http://douglascommunity.ie/community-park/ | publisher = Douglas Community Association | title = Douglas Community Park - Management of 5-acre Community Park | access-date = 7 September 2017}} and Ballybrack Woods (a wooded area south of Douglas village which is known locally as 'Mangala'). Douglas has two golf facilities, Douglas Golf Club at Maryborough Hill and a driving range at Frankfield Golf Club.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/golf/sadness-as-frankfield-fairways-close-305312.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Sadness as Frankfield fairways close | date = 6 January 2015 | access-date = 2 October 2019 }}

Following calls to build a pedestrian and cycle trail through the woods around Vernon Mount,{{cite web|url = http://www.vernonmountpark.ie/woodland-walks.php | publisher = Grange Frankfield Partnership | work = Vernon Mount Park | title = Vernon Mount Valley & Woodlands Walks Project | access-date = 7 September 2017}} with a bridge over the South Ring Road to Tramore Valley Park,{{cite web|url = http://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/cork-cms/files/2017-05/Preliminary%20Design%20Report.pdf | publisher = Cork County Council |title = Grange Road to Tramore Valley Park Pedestrian / Cycle Link N40 Overbridge - Preliminary Design Report | date = 22 May 2017 |author = RPS Group |access-date = 4 September 2017 }} a new pedestrian and cycle bridge was opened in November 2023.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/new-bridge-connecting-cork-city-to-park-officially-opens/a1582973601.html | work = The Corkman | title = New bridge connecting Cork City to park officially opens | first = Jack |last = Joy | date = 2 November 2023 | accessdate = 5 November 2023 }}

There is a Scouting Ireland group based at the John Slye Scout Hall in Douglas.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

The village centre of Douglas has two principal commercial streets, East Douglas Street and West Douglas Street, which are situated approximately 300m apart. Retail activity is also centred around two shopping centres, Douglas Court Shopping Centre and Douglas Village Shopping Centre. "Douglas Court" (anchored by Dunnes Stores) was built in the early-1990s, and "Douglas Village" (anchored by Tesco, Marks and Spencer and TK Maxx) was originally developed in the mid-1970s and was the second shopping centre ever built in Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/commercial/douglas-court-blow-200525.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Douglas shopping centre has liabilities of €38m | date = 6 February 2013 | access-date = 3 June 2019 | quote = [in] the mid-1970s [..] the original open mall Douglas Village Shopping Centre opened as Ireland's second-ever shopping centre after Dublin’s Stillorgan. [..] Built around 1990 [..] Douglas Court is anchored by Dunnes Stores}}

Douglas was formerly the site of the headquarters of Cork and Limerick Savings Bank. However, this bank was merged into Trustee Savings Bank in 1992. The former headquarters was initially still used for regional administration, but this function was transferred to a new building in Cork Airport Business Park.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

A farmers market is held every Saturday morning outside the Douglas Village Shopping Centre entrance.{{cite web|url = http://douglasmarket.ie | publisher = Douglas Farmers Market | website = douglasmarket.ie | title = Douglas Farmers market - Home | access-date = 3 June 2019 }}

In the 2011 census, the percentage of Irish nationals living in Douglas was 88.8%. UK nationals accounted for 1.7%; Polish nationals 3.2%; Lithuanians 0.6%; other EU nationals 2.1%; other nationals 2.9%; and 0.7% did not state their nationality.{{cite web|url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2011/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ED&Geog_Code=18086&CTY=18 | publisher = Central Statistics Office (Ireland) | work = Census 2011 - Small Area Population Statistics | title = Electoral Division Douglas (CSO Area Code ED 18086) | access-date = 28 August 2017}}

In the 2016 census, 78.6% of residents of the Douglas electoral division identified as Catholic, 8% were members of other religions, 12% had no religion and less than 1% did not state a religion.{{cite web | title=Sapmap Area: Electoral Division Douglas | url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ED3409&Geog_Code=2AE196291EF613A3E055000000000001 | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics | date = 2016 | access-date = 31 December 2018 }} In the same census, 86.2% of electoral division residents identified as white Irish, 8.3% were other whites, 1% were black, 1.7% Asian or Asian Irish, 1.4% were of other ethnicities, and 1% did not state an ethnicity.

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GAA clubs in the area include the Douglas GAA and Nemo Rangers hurling and football clubs. Nemo Rangers were historically associated with Turners Cross, but moved to a new location in the Trabeg area of Douglas in the 1990s.

In the 2004, 2007 and 2012 under-10 (u10) Community Games, Douglas won the Cork Community Games, the Munster Community Games and the all-Ireland Community Games.

Local soccer clubs include Tramore Athletic F.C., Grangevale AFC, College Corinthians and Douglas Hall AFC.{{cite web|url = http://www.douglashallafc.ie/ | publisher = Douglashallafc.ie | title = Douglas Hall A.F.C. | access-date = 28 August 2017 }}

There are also local golf (and pitch and putt) clubs, including Douglas Golf Club,{{cite web|url = http://www.douglasgolf.ie/ | publisher = Douglasgolf.ie | title = Douglas Golf Club (Maryborough Hill, Douglas, Co. Cork) | access-date = 28 August 2017 }} Frankfield Golf Club and Douglas Pitch and Putt Club.

Douglas has representation in rugby union, and Douglas RFC was founded in 1902 as one of the earliest Cork rugby clubs.{{cite web | url = http://www.douglasrfc.com/clubhistory.html | publisher = DouglasRFC.com | website = douglasrfc.com | title = Douglas Rugby Football Club - Club History | quote = "Douglas RFC was initially founded as one of the earliest Cork Rugby clubs in 1902 in the (then) rural village of Douglas, Cork" | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180825165458/http://www.douglasrfc.com/clubhistory.html | archive-date = 25 August 2018 | access-date = 28 August 2017 | url-status = live }} While this original club drew members from the workforce of St Patrick's Woollen Mills in Douglas (which closed in the 1970s), the club in its current form was founded in 1979.{{cite web|url = http://www.douglasrfc.com/the-club/ | publisher = DouglasRFC.com | website = douglasrfc.com | title = About Douglas RFC - Club History |access-date = 3 June 2019 | quote = Douglas Rugby Football Club, as we know it today, was founded in 1979}}

Other sports clubs include tennis (Douglas Tennis Club), basketball (Fr. Mathews Basketball Club), gymnastics (Douglas Gymnastics Club), martial arts (at Elite Fitness Centre), cricket and hockey clubs (Cork Harlequins and Church of Ireland Hockey Club).

The N40 passes through Douglas, but it is not possible to join the N40 from Douglas to travel in an eastbound direction, and westbound traffic may not exit the N40 at Douglas. Additional access is available via the N28 from nearby Rochestown.

Douglas is served by a number of R-standard roads, including the R609 (which links to the N28 at Maryborough), R610 (Passage West to Cork city centre), R851 (Cork city centre to the N27), and R853 (to Ballinlough).

Bus services are provided by Bus Éireann, and the routes which pass through Douglas include numbers 206 (Grange to the city centre), 207 (Donnybrook to Ballyvolane), 216 (Monkstown to Cork University Hospital), 219 (Munster Technological University Bishopstown Campus to Mahon), 220 (Ovens - Grange Manor to Carrigaline and Camden Fort), and 223 (Cork City Centre to Haulbowline).

The nearest active railway station is Cork Kent railway station, approximately 5 km away. Until 1932, Douglas was served by the Blackpool-Douglas route of the Cork Electric Tramways and Lighting Company.

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As of the 2016 census, 78.6% of the population of the Douglas electoral division identified as Catholic, with St Columbas as the first Catholic parish church in the area, dating to 1814.{{cite web|url = http://corkandross.org/parishes/douglas/ | publisher = Diocese of Cork and Ross | title = Douglas Parish, St St. Columba's Church | access-date = 8 September 2017}} From the 1960s, with housing developments and population growth in Douglas, overcrowding in St Columbas prompted a decision to build a new Catholic church in the Grange/Frankfield area. This new church (the Church of the Incarnation) was consecrated in 1976, and was a chapel-of-ease to the Douglas parish before being separating into its own parish in 1982.{{cite web|url = http://www.frankfieldgrange.ie/parish-information/parish-history/ | publisher = FrankfieldGrange.ie | title = Church of the Incarnation, Frankfield/Grange - Parish History | access-date = 8 September 2017 }} St Patrick's Catholic church serves the Rochestown area, and dates to 1991.{{cite web|url = http://douglasrochestownparish.ie/about-the-parish/ |

publisher = Parish of Douglas and Rochestown | website = Douglasrochestownparish.ie | title = About the Parish | access-date = 9 September 2017 }}

Other religious congregations serving the Douglas population include St Lukes Church (Anglican) which was consecrated in 1875,{{cite web|url = http://www.douglas.cork.anglican.org/web/churches/st-lukes-douglas/ | publisher = Douglas Union of Parishes | title = St. Luke's, Douglas | access-date = 8 September 2017 }} the Wesley Chapel (Methodist) on the Douglas Road,{{cite web|url = http://homepage.eircom.net/~wesleyardfallen/CKCircuit/CorkCircuit/ArdfallenChurch.html | publisher = Cork Methodist Church - Wesley Ardfallen | title = Ardfallen Church | access-date = 8 September 2017}} Douglas Baptist congregation (which meets at Douglas Community School),{{cite web|url = http://douglasbaptist.ie/events | publisher = DouglasBaptist.ie | title = Douglas Baptist Church - Meetings | access-date = 8 September 2017 }} Radical Life church (Pentecostal),{{cite web|title=Welcome to Radical Life |url=http://www.radicallife.ie/|publisher=RadicalLife.ie | access-date=7 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=Pentecost Cork Conference and the Pentecostal & Charismatic Council of Cork - Ireland |url=http://pentecostcork.yolasite.com/|publisher=Pentecostcork.yolasite.com|access-date=7 September 2017}} the Holy Trinity church (Anglican) in Frankfield which dates to 1838,{{cite web|url = http://www.douglas.cork.anglican.org/web/churches/holy-trinity-church-frankfield/ | publisher = Douglas Union of Parishes | title = Holy Trinity, Frankfield | access-date = 8 September 2017 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20908620 | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | work = Buildings of Ireland | title = Holy Trinity Church of Ireland Church, Frankfield, County Cork |access-date = 8 September 2017 }} and the Inspiration House (RCCG) in Frankfield.{{cite web|title=Migrant Churches - Resources - Irish Council of Churches|url=https://www.irishchurches.org/resources/migrant-churches?page=28|website=www.irishchurches.org|access-date=8 September 2017}}

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Primary schools serving the area include St Columba's GNS and St Columba's GNS (Catholic girls and boys national schools respectively),{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=13828F| publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - Roll number 13828F| access-date = 11 November 2020 }} Scoil An Athair Tadhg Ó Murchú (a mixed-gender gaelscoil),{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=19882S| publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - Roll number 19882S| access-date = 11 November 2020 }} St Luke's National School (a Church of Ireland mixed-gender school){{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=12012W| publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - Roll number 12012W| access-date = 11 November 2020 }} and Scoil Nioclais (a mixed-gender Catholic primary school in Grange). Other nearby schools include Eglantine (a Catholic girls school in Ballinlough){{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=18563U| publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - Roll number 18563U | access-date = 11 November 2020 }} and Rochestown Educate Together National School and Rochestown National School (both mixed-gender schools in Rochestown).{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=20413N| publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - Roll number 20413N | access-date = 11 November 2020 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=20335T| publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - Roll number 20335T | access-date = 11 November 2020 }}

Douglas Community School (boys) and Regina Mundi College (girls) are secondary schools in Douglas.

{{See also|Category:People from Douglas, Cork}}

• Cillian Murphy, film and stage actor
• John Bainbridge, first-class cricketer and Royal Navy rear-admiral{{cite web|url = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9460.html | publisher = ESPN | website = espncricinfo.com | title = Player Profiles - John Bainbridge | access-date = 10 November 2020 }}
• John Dunlay, recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web|url = http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-dunlay-vc/4586591827 |title = John Dunlay VC | publisher = VCOnline.org.uk | access-date = 8 September 2017}}
• Jack Gleeson, film and stage actor{{cite web | url = http://www.corkindependent.com/features/topics/articles/2015/10/22/4107956--the-southside-of-cork-city-spans-from-the-marina-to-cit-covering-a-diverse-area-geographically-socially-and-historically---with-/ | publisher = Cork Independent | title = The southside of Cork city spans from the marina to CIT, covering a diverse area geographically, socially and historically | date = 22 October 2015 | access-date = 8 September 2017 | quote = "Cork's big-screen outputs are from the [Douglas] area, most recently Jack Gleeson [and] Cillian Murphy" | archive-date = 8 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065243/http://www.corkindependent.com/features/topics/articles/2015/10/22/4107956--the-southside-of-cork-city-spans-from-the-marina-to-cit-covering-a-diverse-area-geographically-socially-and-historically---with-/ | url-status = dead }}
• Gerald Goldberg, first Jewish Lord Mayor of Cork
• Rob Heffernan, Irish Olympian{{Citation | last = McHale | first = John | title = Leeside Legend Rob Gets His Just Reward | newspaper = Evening Echo | location = Cork | date = 14 August 2013 | url = http://www.eveningecho.ie/sport/leeside-legend-rob-gets-his-just-reward/43257/ | access-date = 11 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160417163113/http://www.eveningecho.ie/sport/leeside-legend-rob-gets-his-just-reward/43257/ | archive-date = 17 April 2016 | url-status = dead }}

• Billy O'Callaghan, Irish short story writer and novelist{{cite web|url = https://thegloss.ie/writers-block-with-billy-ocallaghan/ | website = thegloss.ie | title = Writer's Block with Billy O’Callaghan | date = 25 January 2019 | access-date = 10 November 2020 }}
• Donncha O'Callaghan, former professional rugby union player{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/residential/arid-40075379.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = No Covid-19 blocks during Donncha O'Callaghan's Cork €675k family home sale | date = 3 November 2020 | access-date = 10 November 2020 | quote = O'Callaghan reckon the schools are within a walk of their new home on the far side of Douglas}}
• Ronan O'Gara, former professional rugby player and coach{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/ronan-o-gara-settles-civil-action-with-luxury-kitchen-firm-1.1863335 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Ronan O’Gara settles civil action with luxury kitchen firm | date = 11 July 2014 | access-date = 10 November 2020 }}
• Lennox Robinson, dramatist, poet and director of the Abbey Theatre{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/lennox-robinson-portrait-unveiled-1.1659272 | publisher = Irish Times | title = Lennox Robinson portrait unveiled | access-date = 8 September 2017 | date = 17 January 2014 }}
• Chiedozie Ogbene, football player from Grange{{cite news |title=FAI begin eligibility process after Ogbene expresses desire to represent Ireland |url=https://www.the42.ie/ogbene-declares-for-ireland-5144506-Jul2020/ |accessdate=8 July 2020 |work=The 42 |date=8 July 2020 | quote = Ogbene, who was born in Nigeria but grew up in Grange }}

• List of towns and villages in Ireland
• Metropolitan Cork

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|title = Neighbouring areas of Cork

|Northwest = Ballyphehane

|North = Turners Cross

|Northeast = Ballinlough

|West = Tramore Valley Park

|Centre = Douglas

|East = Douglas estuary

|Southwest = Grange

|South = Donnybrook

|Southeast = Rochestown

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