Rockchapel
{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}}
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Rockchapel ({{Irish place name|Séipéal na Carraige|chapel of the rocks}}) is a village in north County Cork in Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/10564.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland| website = logainm.ie| title = Rockchapel / Séipéal na Carraige | accessdate = 20 November 2020 }} It is located near the border of counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick. Rockchapel is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
Much of the land close to the village is planted with coniferous trees, mainly of lodgepole pine and Sitka spruce. This was largely facilitated by financial funding from the national forestry company Coillte through its grant support scheme. The local GAA club is Rockchapel GAA which fields Gaelic football teams in Duhallow division competitions.{{cite web|url = http://www.corkman.ie/sport/gaelic-football/relieved-rockchapel-let-off-by-lyre-1802194.html | publisher = The Corkman | website = corkman.ie | title = Relieved Rockchapel let off by Lyre | date = 2 July 2009 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111006020905/http://www.corkman.ie/sport/gaelic-football/relieved-rockchapel-let-off-by-lyre-1802194.html | archivedate = 6 October 2011 }}
The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter and was built {{circa|1830}}.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20900401/saint-peters-church-tooreennagrena-rockchapel-co-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saint Peter's Church, Rockchapel, County Cork | date = | accessdate = 21 November 2020 }} Rockchapel forms half a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, the other half of the parish being Meelin.{{cite web|url = https://cloynediocese.ie/parish-rockchapel-and-meelin/ | publisher = Cloyne Diocese | website = cloynediocese.ie | title = Parish: Rockchapel and Meelin | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203232208/https://cloynediocese.ie/parish-rockchapel-and-meelin/ | archivedate = 3 December 2019 }}
The village got its name from the penal times when Catholic religious services were banned. Mass was said on a rock in a remote area.{{fact|date=November 2020}}
Rockchapel has two pubs, one shop, a community centre, a church, a funeral home and a graveyard.{{fact|date=November 2020}} As of 2018, the local national (primary) school had 41 pupils enrolled.{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Curriculum-Evaluations-in-Primary-Schools/17763A_CEM_8655_20181002.pdf | publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Department of Education and Skills - Curriculum Evaluation - Rockchapel NS| date = 2 October 2018 | accessdate = 21 November 2020 }}
The headwaters of the River Feale rise approximately 4.3 km northeast of the village between the townlands of Rockhill West, Rockhill East and Tooreenmacauliffe on the southwestern slopes of Mullaghareirk mountain.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=29 January 2021|title=Google Maps coordinates 52.3184, -9.1024 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B019'06.3%22N+9%C2%B006'08.7%22W/@52.3184164,-9.104602,683m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.3184131!4d-9.1024133|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 January 2021|website=Google Maps}} {{better source|date=January 2021}}