Tower, County Cork

Tower
Teamhair
Town
Huntsman pub, Tower, County Cork
Tower
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°55′30″N 8°36′29″W / 51.925°N 8.608°W / 51.925; -8.608Coordinates: 51°55′30″N 8°36′29″W / 51.925°N 8.608°W / 51.925; -8.608
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Cork
Elevation 40 m (130 ft)
Population (2016)[1]
 • Total 3,421
Irish Grid Reference W632766

Tower (Irish: Teamhair; Ordnance Survey Ireland name Model Village[2]) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, northwest of Cork city. It is 3 km from Blarney and the two villages are merging along the R617 road and are dormitory towns for Cork city.

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.[3] By 1902, the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway branch line to Blarney had a station at Tower Bridge.[4] 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 116% between the censuses of 1991 and 2002. It grew more slowly thereafter, reaching 3,306 in 2011.[5]

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.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sapmap Area: Settlements - Tower, County Cork". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Street Map". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cork Sheet 73". Six-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 9 June 1845. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cork Sheets 73-02 and 73-03". 25-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 1 June 1902. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Census 2011 - Area Profile for Town - Tower, County Cork" (PDF). Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "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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