Aghinagh

Aghinagh (Irish: Achadh Fhíonach) is a civil parish in the historical barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland.[1] Located to the east of the town of Macroom, the civil parish is approximately 38 square kilometres (15 mi2) in area,[2] and contains the villages of Ballinagree, Bealnamorive, Carrigadrohid and Rusheen.[3][4]

Name

While the Placenames Database of Ireland does not record a specific derivation for the modern Irish name of the parish, Achadh Fhíonach, a late 19th-century entry in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society suggests that the name derives from Achadh Eidhneach meaning "ivy-covered field".[5]

Aghinagh is also the name of an electoral division,[1] former Church of Ireland parish[6] and Catholic parish in the area.[7]

Built heritage

The Church of Ireland church in Aghinagh, now in ruins,[8] was built in the early 1790s.[9] Constructed on the site of an earlier church,[10] the surrounding churchyard contains a number of gravestones which have been dated to at least the mid-18th century.[11] A spring near the churchyard, marked on some maps as Toberatemple (from Tober an Teampaill meaning "well of the church"), is "considered a holy well".[10]

Aghinagh House, also known as Ashton House, is a former rectory in Caum townland within Aghinagh. The Georgian building was constructed c. 1810.[12] 19th century maps of the area label the house as "Ashton" or "Aghinagh Rectory".[13] It was formerly the home of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, who lived there until his death in 1963.[14] The house was later the residence of the horse-trainer Fergie Sutherland (1931–2012),[15] until it was sold in 2023.[16]

Notable people

  • Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1963), highly-decorated military officer who lived at Aghinagh House and is buried in of Aghinagh churchyard.[17]
  • Boetius MacEgan (c. 1600–1650), Bishop of Ross and member of Irish Confederacy who was killed at Carrigadrohid by Cromwellian forces and reputedly buried in Aghinagh.[18]
  • Fergie Sutherland (1931–2012), horse-trainer who also lived at Aghinagh House.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Achadh Fhíonach / Aghinagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish of Aghinagh, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Fo-aonaid de chuid: Achadh Fhíonach / Aghinagh". logainm.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Rusheen National School - Locality - Parish". rusheenns.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2025. There are four villages in the parish of Aghinagh [..] Rusheen, Bealnamarbh, Ballinagree and Carrigdrohid
  5. ^ "Local Names" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 1 (10): 212. 1892.
  6. ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837), "Ahinagh", A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Lewis
  7. ^ "Parishes - Aghinagh". cloynediocese.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  8. ^ "An Early Instance of Recyling". theirishaesthete.com. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Toberatemple Church, Caum, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  10. ^ a b Hartnett, P. J. (1947). "Holy wells of East Muskerry, Co. Cork" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 52: 9.
  11. ^ Henchion, R. (1967). "The gravestone inscriptions of Co. Cork, I". Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 2. 72 (216): 101–121.
  12. ^ "Ashton House, Caum, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Archaeological Survey Database". National Monuments Service. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  14. ^ Herlihy, Jim (February 2006). "What Did Your Father do in the War?" (PDF). Ireland's Genealogical Gazette. 1 (2). Genealogical Society of Ireland: 2. ISSN 1649-7937. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Aghinagh House perfect setting for race fans". Irish Examiner. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Local businessman splashes out close to €4m for Belline House". Irish Examiner. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2025. [The] Estate agent [..] also confirmed the sale to Irish buyers of Aghinagh House in Coachford, Co Cork, sold for horse trainer Fergie Sutherland for around €1.3 million
  17. ^ "NMS mapping data - CO071-102001-" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. CO071-102001- : Graveyard : Caum [..] roughly D-shaped graveyard [..] enclosed by stone wall. N of centre is ruin of C of I parish church of Aghinagh (CO071-102002-) [..] Outside E wall of graveyard is elaborate burial plot of Sir Adrian Cartan de Wiart, who died in 1963
  18. ^ Nyhan, Daniel (1930). "Boethius M'Egan, Bishop of Ross" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 35 (141): 25. Canon Higgins [..] writes: "Bishop Boetius M'Egan was buried in Aghinagh. There is a tradition, however, that the body was removed subsequently by his friends [..]"
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