Gurranabraher
Gurranabraher
Garrán na mBráthar | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
Entrance to St. Mary's Health Campus on Bakers Road | |
Gurranabraher Location in Cork City | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′13″N 8°29′44″W / 51.9036°N 8.4955°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Administrative area | Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Gurranabraher (Irish: Garrán na mBráthar, meaning 'grove of the brothers')[1][2] is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City.[3] Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street. Gurranabraher is located in the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central,[4][5] and the Cork City Council local electoral area of Cork City North West.[6]
Amenities
The local Roman Catholic church, the Church of the Ascension, was opened in 1955 and acts as the parish for both Gurranbraher and Churchfield.[3][7][8] The area is also serviced by a Garda station,[9] a primary care centre, and a credit union.[10][11] There are also a number of community initiatives based in the parochial hall.[12]
There is a recreational area in Jerry O'Sullivan Park on St. Colmcille's Road.[13] A community gardening project adjoins this park.[14]
Scoil Padre Pio in Churchfield,[15] and Blarney Street C.B.S in Gurranbraher are two local primary schools.[16] There are no secondary schools within Gurranabraher, with the North Monastery, St. Vincent's Secondary School and the Nano Nagle College (formerly North Presentation Secondary School[17]) being the closest.
St. Mary's Health Campus, run by the Mercy University Hospital, is the location of an urgent care centre in Gurranabraher.[18][19]
Bus services which serve the area include Bus Éireann route 201 (orbital to CIT and CUH) and route 202 (Apple campus to Mahon Point).[20][21]
Sport
The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is St. Vincent's Hurling and Football club. Previously in the area there were Gurranabraher (football) and Shandon Rovers (hurling) clubs (Seandún GAA). St. Mary's A.F.C was founded by the North Cathedral, but now play their games in Kilcully.[22] Blue Demons basketball team was founded in the area and played in the local parochial hall.[23] Sunnyside Boxing Club (club of three former Olympians)[24] also trains in the parochial hall. Siam Warriors Thai Boxing Club trains next to the Crucible Snooker club off the Glen Ryan Road.[25]
Notable residents
- Ricky Dineen (Churchfield), guitarist with the early 1980s post-punk band Five Go Down to the Sea?[26]
- Pat Falvey, mountaineer and first Irish man to complete the Seven Summits Challenge[27]
- Bernard Geary (1934-2023), composer and pianist, was born in Gurranabraher, where his parents ran a grocery shop.[28]
- Thomas Gould, Sinn Féin T.D. for Cork North Central[29]
- Frank O'Connor, writer who was born on Douglas Street, lived on Blarney Street until he was 5, before moving to Dillon's Cross[30]
References
- ^ "Garrán na mBráthar / Garranabraher". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Ascension Parish, Gurranabraher - About Us". gurranabraherparish.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Church of the Ascension Gurranabraher". RTÉ News. 25 October 1962. Retrieved 14 January 2026 – via RTÉ Archives.
- ^ "Notice of Poll for Cork North Central". corkcityreturningofficer.com. Office of the Returning Officer, Cork. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule: Cork North-Central (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017 by Michael D. Higgins. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Cork City Electoral Areas". Cork City Council. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Neville, Steve (11 March 2022). "Iconic Cork City cross falls from church during high winds". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Healy, Alan (20 March 2018). "Locals looking to raise almost €500,000 for Gurranabraher church roof repairs". Echo Live. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
The Ascension church has served the people of Gurranabraher and Churchfield for almost 63 years.
- ^ "Station Directory - Gurranabraher". garda.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Gurranabraher Credit Union - Contact Us". gcul.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ O’Dwyer, Sarah (7 April 2023). "PICS: Gurranabraher Credit Union celebrates 60th anniversary". Echo Live. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Our Locations » Comhar Chathair Chorcai Teo, Cork City Partnership Ltd". corkcitypartnership.ie. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Parks & Outdoors > Playgrounds". corkcity.ie. Cork City Council. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Churchfield Community Trust - History". churchfieldcommunitytrust.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "SCOIL PADRE PIO N S". Government of Ireland. Department of Education and Youth. 9 July 2025 [7 July 2021]. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Bohane, John (3 September 2021). "Exciting times as Blarney St school goes co-educational". Echo Live. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Nano Nagle College, Farranree". Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
In 2023, North Presentation Secondary School became known as Nano Nagle College
- ^ "Urgent care centre opens in Cork". RTÉ News. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Swabbing ongoing at Cork drive-thru centre; Heroic efforts to contain virus continue". Echo Live. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Bus Éireann Timetable Route 201". buseireann.ie. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Bus Éireann Timetable Route 202". buseireann.ie. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "St. Marys AFC History". St. Marys AFC. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Blue Demons Basketball Club - Training Times". bluedemonsbc.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Cork Boxing Lauds Olympian Michael Roche". iaba.ie. Irish Athletic Boxing Association. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Siam Warriors Boxing Club". siamwarriorscork.business.site. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ O’Driscoll, Des (13 June 2014). "Recalling the great nights of Cork's Arcadia". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Sheridan, Colette (9 August 2018). "Aged just 12 I thought I was as powerful as JFK". Echo Live. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Bernard Geary". corkfilmfest.ucc.ie. Cork International Film Festival Archive.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie (9 February 2020). "Election 2020: Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
Sinn Féin's Thomas Gould: Logistics manager lives in Gurranabraher
- ^ McKeon, Jim (1998). Frank O'Connor: A Life. Mainstream Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-8401-8082-4.