Saleen (Irish: Sáilín)[2] is a small village and census town in County Cork, Ireland.[3] It is located in the civil parish of Garranekinnefeake,[2] in the Cork County Council municipal district of East Cork.[4] Saleen lies on the R630 regional road between Midleton and Whitegate.[4]
Saleen
Sáilín | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Saleen Creek opens to Cork Harbour and is southwest of Saleen village | |
  Saleen Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°51′49″N 8°09′49″W / 51.8636°N 8.1637°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| Population | 445 |
| Irish Grid Reference | W887679 |
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a megalithic portal tomb in Saleen Creek near Rostellan,[5][6] and ringfort sites in the neighbouring townlands of Scartlea Lower and Jamesbrook.[7] The local church, the Church of the Mother of God, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne and is dated to c. 1801.[8][9] It is listed on Cork County Council's Record of Protected Structures.[10]
At the start of the 2020 school year, Saleen's national (primary) school had an enrollment of over 450 pupils.[11] The village had a population of 445 as of the 2016 census,[1] up from 374 as of the 2011 census.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Saleen". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Sáilín / Saleen". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Saleen (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b "East Cork Municipal District - Local Area Plan" (PDF). corklocalareaplans.com. Cork County Council. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Rostellan Dolmen". ringofcork.ie. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Rostellan Portal Tomb". irishstones.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Govt. Stationery Office. 1994.
- ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East And South Cork. Dublin: Govt. Stationery Office. 1994.
Church [..] Scartlea Lower [..] In Saleens. T-shaped; Nave orientated N-S; ponted windows. Interior modernized. Date stone 1801
- ^ "Parish: Aghada". cloynediocese.ie. Diocese of Cloyne. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Draft Cork County Development Plan - Volume Two - Heritage and Amenity" (PDF). Cork County Council. 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Scartleigh NS, Saleen, Cloyne, Co. Cork (17600S)". education.ie. Department of Education. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021.
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