Rylane

{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}}

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Rylane Cross ({{Irish place name|Reighleán an Rince}}) is a village in County Cork, Ireland.{{cite web|title=Placenames Database of Ireland|url=http://www.logainm.ie/1412903.aspx|publisher=Dublin City University|accessdate=14 October 2014}} The town is situated roughly midway between Millstreet and Cork city, north of Macroom in the parish of Aghabullogue.

Ringfort

A ringfort was depicted on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), truncated on the northeast side by roadway, with external fosse (ENE->N) shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map; on 1938 OS 6-inch map as hachured raised area (diam. c. 40m) with external fosse, entrance to the southeast. Two ramparts with intermediate fosse and entrance to the southeast (Width 24 feet) were recorded by Hartnett (1939, 85). According to local information leveled late 1970s.{{cite web|title=Archaeological Survey Database|url=http://www.archaeology.ie/|publisher=National Monuments Service|accessdate=14 October 2014}}

Transport

Rylane is served by a single Bus Éireann bus service daily, which is timed to get commuters and school children into Cork in the morning and back in the evening. There is also a twice-weekly bus service to Macroom. The nearest railway station is Millstreet railway station on the Mallow–Tralee line, 20 km away.

People

  • Derek Blighe (born 1980), anti-immigration activist{{cite news |last=Roche |first=Barry |date=13 March 2023 |title=The making of a far-right agitator: From Irish emigrant to anti-refugee extremist |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/03/11/profiling-an-unlikely-far-right-irish-activist-who-is-seeking-to-stir-anger-toward-immigrants/ |newspaper=The Irish Times |location= |access-date=13 March 2023}}
  • Johnny Tom Gleeson (1853–1924), Irish poet and songwriter who wrote the ballad "The Bould Thady Quill" (c.1895), was born in Rylane.{{Cite book|last=Chisman|first=James A.|title=Johnny Tom Gleeson|publisher=The Three Spires Press|year=1994|location=Cork, Ireland}}

See also

References

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{{County Cork}}

Category:Towns and villages in County Cork

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