New Twopothouse (Irish: Tigh Nua an Dá Phota)[2] is a small village and census town in County Cork, Ireland.[3] It is located in the civil parish of Caherduggan,[2] on the N20 road between Mallow and Buttevant. The nearest major town is Mallow, 5 km to the south.

New Twopothouse
Tigh Nua an Dá Phota
Village
The R581 regional road between New Twopothouse and Old Twopothouse
The R581 regional road between New Twopothouse and Old Twopothouse
New Twopothouse is located in Ireland
New Twopothouse
New Twopothouse
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°11′10″N 8°40′16″W / 52.186°N 8.671°W / 52.186; -8.671
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCork
Population
 (2016)[1]
120
Irish Grid ReferenceR541039

The area takes its name from an 18th century coaching inn, the "Two-Pot House Inn", which was (in turn) reputedly named for two large beer "pots" which were placed outside the inn.[4] In the 19th century, when a newer Cork to Limerick road (now the N20) was built, a coaching stop was opened and it was named "New Two-Pot-House" to distinguish it from the coaching stop on the older road.[5][6]

The local Roman Catholic church, St. Joseph the Worker church, is in the neighbouring townland of Twoposthouse (sometimes known as Old Twopothouse) and was built c. 1925.[7] The national (primary) school in New Twopothouse, Baltydaniel National School, had 209 pupils enrolled as of 2019.[8]

New Twopothouse was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[3] at which time it had a population of 120 people.[1]

As of 2024. the village is served by many buses every day, including Bus Éirean route 51 which runs from Cork to Galway via Limerick.[9] There are also Local Link buses: route 522 between Charleville and Mallow,[10] and route 523 between Mitchelstown and Mallow.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - New Twopothouse". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tigh Nua an Dá Phota / New Twopothouse". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 4 July 2021. 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] New Twopothouse
  4. ^ "From Bweeng to New Twopothouse - Weird and wonderful Cork place names". corkbeo.ie. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ "53 acres of deep soil near Newtwopothouse". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Two-Pot Dictator – An Irishman's Diary about an eccentric Cork placename". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Church, Two-Pot-House, Oldtwopothouse, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Baltydaniel National School - Newtwopothouse, Mallow, County Cork" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Expressway Route 51, Galway - Limerick - Cork". Bus Éireann. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  10. ^ "522 CHARLEVILLE - MALLOW". Local Link Cork. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  11. ^ "523 MITCHELSTOWN - MALLOW". Local Link Cork. Retrieved 3 June 2024.