Gurranabraher (Irish: Garrán na mBráthar, meaning 'grove of the brothers')[1][2] is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City. Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street. Gurranabraher is located in Cork North-Central Dáil Éireann constituency.[3]
Gurranabraher
Garrán na mBráthar | |
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Suburb | |
.jpg) 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 |
| Administrative area | Cork (city) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Amenities
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The local Roman Catholic church, the Church of the Ascension, was opened in 1955 and acts as the parish for both Gurranbraher and Churchfield.[2] The area is also serviced by a Garda station,[4] a primary health care centre and a credit union.[5] There are also a number of community initiatives based in the parochial hall.[6]
LeisureWorld pool and fitness centre (including the Sam Allen astroturf pitches) is close-by on Knockfree Avenue. There is also a recreational area in Jerry O'Sullivan Park on St. Colmcille's Road.[7] A community gardening project adjoins this park.[8]
Scoil Padre Pio and Blarney Street C.B.S are two local primary schools.[citation needed] There are no secondary schools within Gurranabraher, with the North Monastery, St. Vincent's and the North Pres being the closest.[citation needed]
St. Mary's Health Campus, run by the Mercy University Hospital, is the location of an urgent care centre in Gurranabraher.[9][10]
Bus services which serve the area include Bus Éireann route 201 (orbital to CIT and CUH) and route 202 (Apple campus to Mahon Point).[11][12]
Sport
editThe 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.[13] Blue Demons basketball team was founded in the area and played in the local parochial hall.[14] Sunnyside Boxing Club (club of three former Olympians)[15] also trains in the parochial hall. Siam Warriors Thai Boxing Club trains next to the Crucible Snooker club off the Glen Ryan Road.[16]
Notable residents
edit- Ricky Dineen (Churchfield), guitarist with the early 1980s post-punk band Five Go Down to the Sea?[17]
- Pat Falvey, mountaineer and first Irish man to complete the Seven Summits Challenge[18]
- Bernard Geary (1934-2023), composer and pianist, was born in Gurranabraher, where his parents ran a grocery shop.[19]
- Thomas Gould, Sinn Féin T.D. for Cork North Central[20]
- Frank O'Connor, writer who was born on Douglas Street, lived on Blarney Street until he was 5, before moving to Dillon's Cross[21]
References
edit- ^ "Garrán na mBráthar / Garranabraher". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Ascension Parish, Gurranabraher - About Us". gurranabraherparish.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Notice of Poll for Cork North Central". corkcityreturningofficer.com. Office of the Returning Officer, Cork. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Station Directory - Gurranabraher". garda.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Gurranabraher Credit Union - Contact Us". gcul.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Urgent care centre opens in Cork". rte.ie. RTÉ News. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Swabbing ongoing at Cork drive-thru centre; Heroic efforts to contain virus continue". echolive.ie. The Echo. 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. "Recalling the great nights of Cork’s Arcadia". Irish Examiner, 13 June 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Aged just 12 I thought I was as powerful as JFK". echolive.ie. The Echo. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Bernard Geary". corkfilmfest.ucc.ie. Cork International Film Festival Archive.
- ^ "Election 2020: Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin)". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
Sinn Féin's Thomas Gould: Logistics manager lives in Gurranabraher
- ^ McKeon, Jim. Frank O'Connor: A Life. Mainstream, 1998. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-8401-8082-4