Tower, County Cork

Tower (Irish: Teamhair),[2] Ordnance Survey Ireland name Model Village,[3] is a village within the administrative area of Cork city in Ireland. It is located to the northwest of the city, approximately 3 km from the town of Blarney on the R617 road. Together with Blarney, Tower is a satellite or dormitory town of Cork city. Tower is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. As of the 2016 census of Ireland, the village had a population of 3,421.[1]

Tower
Teamhair (Irish)
Town
The Huntsman pub
The Huntsman pub
Tower is located in Ireland
Tower
Tower
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°55′30″N 8°36′29″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
3,421
Irish Grid ReferenceW632766

History

The 1845 Ordnance Survey map shows a hamlet called Tower Village at the junction of the townlands of Coolflugh, Kilnamucky, and Cloghphilip in the civil parish of Matehy.[4] By 1902, the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (CMLR) branch line to Blarney had a station at Tower Bridge.[5] This prompted development of a model village by O'Mahony builders along what is now the Model Village Road. There was further growth in the Celtic Tiger era, with the population growing by 216% (from 1,402 to 3,032 people) between the censuses of 1991 and 2002.[6] It grew more slowly thereafter, reaching 3,306 in 2011.[7]

Originally located within the administrative area of Cork County Council, as part of the 2019 Cork boundary change, Tower (together with other "satellite towns" like Blarney and Glanmire) was brought within the administrative area of Cork City Council in mid-2019.[8][9]

A health treatment facility, "St Ann's Hydropathic Establishment", was founded in the area in the 1840s.[10] It was served by St. Anne's railway station on the CMLR,[10] and described as having extensive grounds with "facilities for tennis, billiards, golf and fishing".[11] It is "now in ruins".[10]

Features

Tower is in the Roman Catholic parish of Inniscarra. There are two pubs in the village (The Huntsman and Aunties Bar), and a SuperValu store.[12]

See also

References
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  1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements - Tower, County Cork". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. "Teamhair/Tower". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. "Street Map". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. "Cork Sheet 73". Six-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 9 June 1845. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. "Cork Sheets 73-02 and 73-03". 25-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 1 June 1902. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. "Tower (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. "Census 2011 - Area Profile for Town - Tower, County Cork" (PDF). Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. "Information campaign unveiled for 85,000 people due to transfer from Cork county to city". Irish Times. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. "The New Cork: city expands tonight to include 85,000 new citizens". The Echo. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. "Maranatha House, Kilnamucky, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  11. "St. Ann's Hill Hydro and its link to golf's fledgling days in the Barony of Muskerry". Blarney & District Historical Society. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  12. "Press Release - €2.2m investment in new SuperValu store in Tower, Co. Cork". Musgrave Group. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.


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