Gurranabraher
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Gurranabraher
|other_name = {{pad top italic|Garrán na mBráthar}}
|settlement_type = Suburb
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|image_caption = Entrance to St. Mary's Health Campus on Bakers Road
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cork City
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Munster
|subdivision_type2 = Administrative area
|subdivision_name2 = Cork (city)
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Gurranabraher ({{Irish place name|Garrán na mBráthar|grove of the brothers}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1417282.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Garrán na mBráthar / Garranabraher | access-date = 30 April 2019 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.gurranabraherparish.ie/about-us/ | website = gurranabraherparish.ie | title = Ascension Parish, Gurranabraher - About Us | access-date = 30 March 2020 }} is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City. Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street. Gurranabraher is located in Cork North-Central Dáil Éireann constituency.{{cite web|url = https://corkcityreturningofficer.com/index.php/25-lgsob/25/7.htm | title = Notice of Poll for Cork North Central | website = corkcityreturningofficer.com | publisher = Office of the Returning Officer, Cork | access-date = 15 October 2017}}
Amenities
The local Roman Catholic church, the Church of the Ascension, was opened in 1955 and acts as the parish for both Gurranbraher and Churchfield. The area is also serviced by a Garda station,{{cite web|url = https://www.garda.ie/en/Contact-Us/Station-Directory/Gurranabraher.html | website = garda.ie | title = Station Directory - Gurranabraher | access-date = 30 March 2020 }} a primary health care centre and a credit union.{{cite web|url = https://www.gcul.ie/contact/ | website = gcul.ie | title = Gurranabraher Credit Union - Contact Us | access-date = 30 March 2020}} There are also a number of community initiatives based in the parochial hall.{{Cite web|url=http://corkcitypartnership.ie/about-us/contact-us/|title=Our Locations » Comhar Chathair Chorcai Teo, Cork City Partnership Ltd |website=corkcitypartnership.ie|access-date=31 March 2020 }}
LeisureWorld pool and fitness centre (including the Sam Allen astroturf pitches) is close-by on Knockfree Avenue. There is also a recreational area in Jerry O'Sullivan Park on St. Colmcille's Road.{{cite web|url = https://www.corkcity.ie/en/things-to-do/parks-outdoors/playgrounds/ | website = corkcity.ie | publisher = Cork City Council | title = Parks & Outdoors > Playgrounds | access-date = 31 March 2020 }} A community gardening project adjoins this park.{{Cite web|url=http://churchfieldcommunitytrust.com/home/about-us/history/ |website = churchfieldcommunitytrust.com |title=Churchfield Community Trust - History |access-date=31 March 2020 }}
Scoil Padre Pio and Blarney Street C.B.S are two local primary schools.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} There are no secondary schools within Gurranabraher, with the North Monastery, St. Vincent's and the North Pres being the closest.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
St. Mary's Health Campus, run by the Mercy University Hospital, is the location of an urgent care centre in Gurranabraher.{{cite web| url = https://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0320/314875-cork/ | publisher = RTÉ News | website = rte.ie | title = Urgent care centre opens in Cork | date = 20 March 2012 | access-date = 30 March 2020 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Swabbing-ongoing-at-Cork-drive-thru-centre-Heroic-efforts-to-contain-virus-continue-c46480a1-b032-4081-976d-2367d7cba102-ds | publisher = The Echo| website = echolive.ie | title = Swabbing ongoing at Cork drive-thru centre; Heroic efforts to contain virus continue | date = 13 March 2020 | access-date = 30 March 2020 }}
Bus services which serve the area include Bus Éireann route 201 (orbital to CIT and CUH) and route 202 (Apple campus to Mahon Point).{{Cite web|url=https://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=406&form-view-timetables-from=&form-view-timetables-to=&form-view-timetables-route=201&form-view-timetables-submit=1|title=Bus Éireann Timetable Route 201 |website= buseireann.ie|access-date=31 March 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=406&form-view-timetables-from=&form-view-timetables-to=&form-view-timetables-route=202&form-view-timetables-submit=1|title=Bus Éireann Timetable Route 202 |website= buseireann.ie|access-date=31 March 2020 }}
Sport
The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is St. Vincent's Hurling and Football club. Previously in the area there were Gurranabraher (football) and Shandon Rovers (hurling) clubs (Seandún GAA). St. Mary's A.F.C was founded by the North Cathedral, but now play their games in Kilcully.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stmarysafc.com/history|title=St. Marys AFC History|website=St. Marys AFC|access-date=31 March 2020}} Blue Demons basketball team was founded in the area and played in the local parochial hall.{{cite web|url = http://www.bluedemonsbc.com/club/training-times/ | website = bluedemonsbc.com | title = Blue Demons Basketball Club - Training Times | access-date = 30 March 2020 }} Sunnyside Boxing Club (club of three former Olympians){{cite web|url = http://iaba.ie/cork-boxing-lauds-olympian-michael-roche/ | title = Cork Boxing Lauds Olympian Michael Roche | publisher = Irish Athletic Boxing Association | website = iaba.ie | date = 11 July 2016 | access-date = 30 March 2020}} also trains in the parochial hall. Siam Warriors Thai Boxing Club trains next to the Crucible Snooker club off the Glen Ryan Road.{{Cite web|url=https://siamwarriorscork.business.site/|title=Siam Warriors Boxing Club|website=siamwarriorscork.business.site|language=en|access-date=31 March 2020 }}
Notable residents
- Ricky Dineen (Churchfield), guitarist with the early 1980s post-punk band Five Go Down to the Sea?O’Driscoll, Des. "[https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/artsvibe/recalling-the-great-nights-of-corks-arcadia-271898.html Recalling the great nights of Cork’s Arcadia]". Irish Examiner, 13 June 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- Pat Falvey, mountaineer and first Irish man to complete the Seven Summits Challenge{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/life/Aged-just-12-I-thought-I-was-as-powerful-as-JFK-af95cc11-ab9c-48b0-950d-151679ca62a3-ds | publisher = The Echo | website = echolive.ie | title = Aged just 12 I thought I was as powerful as JFK | date = 9 August 2018 | access-date = 30 March 2020 }}
- Bernard Geary (1934-2023), composer and pianist, was born in Gurranabraher, where his parents ran a grocery shop.{{cite web|url = https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/239 | title = Bernard Geary | publisher = Cork International Film Festival Archive | website = corkfilmfest.ucc.ie }}
- Thomas Gould, Sinn Féin T.D. for Cork North Central{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-thomas-gould-sinn-f%C3%A9in-1.4167366| publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Election 2020: Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin) | access-date = 30 March 2020 | quote = Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould: Logistics manager lives in Gurranabraher}}
- Frank O'Connor, writer who was born on Douglas Street, lived on Blarney Street until he was 5, before moving to Dillon's CrossMcKeon, Jim. Frank O'Connor: A Life. Mainstream, 1998. p. 17. {{isbn|978-1-8401-8082-4}}
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{{Geographic location
|title = Neighbouring areas of Cork.
|Northwest = Fairhill
|North = Churchfield
|Northeast = Blackpool
|West = Knocknaheeny
|Centre = Gurranabraher
|East = Blackpool
|Southwest = Shanakiel
|South = Sunday's Well
|Southeast = Shandon
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{{Cork City}}