Watergrasshill
Cnocán na Biolraí
Village
The R639 road (main street) through Watergrasshill
The R639 road (main street) through Watergrasshill
Watergrasshill is located in Ireland
Watergrasshill
Watergrasshill
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°02′24″N 8°14′35″W / 52.040°N 8.243°W / 52.040; -8.243
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
BaronyBarrymore
Elevation
184 m (604 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,840
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceW762843

Watergrasshill (Irish: Cnocán na Biolraí, meaning 'Watercress Hill')[2] is a village in north east County Cork in Ireland. Watergrasshill is within the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency.[3] Bypassed in 2003, the village is situated on the R639 road and accessible via junction 17 of the M8 motorway. It had a population of 1,840 at the 2022 census.[1]

History

The Church of Ireland church in Watergrasshill (built c.1820) is now an arts venue

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number standing stones, fulacht fiadh, and ringfort sites in the surrounding townlands of Bishop's Island and Tinageragh.[4] The Roman Catholic 'Church of the Immaculate Conception' was completed in 1895.[5] The Church of Ireland church in the village was built c. 1820.[6] This church was deconsecrated in 1990 and has since been used as an arts venue.[7]

The National Ploughing Championships were held in the Watergrasshill area in 1974 and 1979.[8]

Demographics

According to A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Watergrasshill then had a population of 533 people.[9]

The village is located within the commuter area of Cork city,[3] and in the period between the 1996 and 2022 census, the population of Watergrasshill grew more than seven-fold, from 252 to 1,840 people.[1][10]

Amenities and sport

Watergrasshill and its hinterland are serviced by a number of amenities, shops, bars, restaurants and a primary (national) school. As of 2018, there were approximately 370 pupils enrolled in Watergrasshill National School.[11]

The area is home to Watergrasshill GAA (hurling) club, Watergrasshill United soccer club and Watergrasshill Athletics Club.[12][13][14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Watergrasshill". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cnocán na Biolraí / Watergrasshill". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Election 2020: Cork North-Central constituency profile". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 19 January 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021. Cork North-Central [..] includes all of the city's northside [..] as well as expanding commuter towns and villages such as Blarney, Tower, Glanmire and Watergrasshill
  4. ↑ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 1994.
  5. ↑ "Church of the Immaculate Conception, Tinageragh, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Watergrasshill Church of Ireland Church, Mitchellsfort, Watergrasshill, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "First Fruits Arts Centre Watergrasshill - The Centre". firstfruitsartscentre.ie. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "1979". National Ploughing Association. Archived from the original on 15 July 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Watergrasshill". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Watergrasshill (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Curriculum Evaluation Report - Social, Personal and Health Education - Watergrasshill N S" (PDF). Department of Education. 9 October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "About". WATERGRASSHILL AC. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "History of Watergrasshill GAA Club". watergrasshillgaa.ie. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Watergrasshill United Soccer Club". watergrasshillunited.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.


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