Watergrasshill
Sign in to saveWatergrasshill () is a village in north-east County Cork in Ireland to the north of Cork city. It is within the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency. 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.
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- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,346
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Cork
- Population
- 860
- Elevation
- 184
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Watergrasshill
- historic county
- County Cork
- native label
- Cnocán na Biolraí
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Watergrasshill () is a village in north-east County Cork in Ireland to the north of Cork city. It is within the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency. 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.
==History== thumb|upright|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. The Roman Catholic 'Church of the Immaculate Conception' was completed in 1895. The Church of Ireland church in the village was built . This church was deconsecrated in 1990 and has since been used as an arts venue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watergrasshill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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