Aghinagh

Aghinagh (Irish: Achadh Fhíonach) is a civil parish in the historical barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland. Located to the east of the town of Macroom, the civil parish is approximately 38 square kilometres (15 mi2) in area, and contains the villages of Ballinagree, Bealnamorive, Carrigadrohid and Rusheen.

Name

Farmland and the River Lee in Aghinagh

While the Placenames Database of Ireland does not record a specific derivation for the modern Irish name of the parish, Achadh Fhíonach, a late 19th-century entry in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society suggests that the name derives from Achadh Eidhneach meaning "ivy-covered field".

Aghinagh is also the name of an electoral division, former Church of Ireland parish and Catholic parish in the area.

Built heritage

The former Church of Ireland church lies in Aghinagh Churchyard (also sometimes known as Killinardish Churchyard)

The Church of Ireland church in Aghinagh, now in ruins, was built in the early 1790s. Constructed on the site of an earlier church, the surrounding churchyard contains a number of gravestones which have been dated to at least the mid-18th century. A spring near the churchyard, marked on some maps as Toberatemple (from Tober an Teampaill meaning "well of the church"), is "considered a holy well".

Aghinagh House, also known as Ashton House, is a former rectory in Caum townland within Aghinagh. The Georgian building was constructed c. 1810. 19th century maps of the area label the house as "Ashton" or "Aghinagh Rectory". It was formerly the home of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, who lived there until his death in 1963. The house was later the residence of the horse-trainer Fergie Sutherland (1931–2012), until it was sold in 2023.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Achadh Fhíonach / Aghinagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish of Aghinagh, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Fo-aonaid de chuid: Achadh Fhíonach / Aghinagh". logainm.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Rusheen National School - Locality - Parish". rusheenns.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2025. There are four villages in the parish of Aghinagh [..] Rusheen, Bealnamarbh, Ballinagree and Carrigdrohid
  5. ↑ "Local Names" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 1 (10): 212. 1892.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837), "Ahinagh", A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Lewis
  7. ↑ "Parishes - Aghinagh". cloynediocese.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "An Early Instance of Recyling". theirishaesthete.com. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Toberatemple Church, Caum, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  10. 1 2 Hartnett, P. J. (1947). "Holy wells of East Muskerry, Co. Cork" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 52: 9.
  11. ↑ Henchion, R. (1967). "The gravestone inscriptions of Co. Cork, I". Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 2. 72 (216): 101–121.
  12. ↑ "Ashton House, Caum, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Archaeological Survey Database". National Monuments Service. Retrieved 6 January 2015.[not specific enough to verify]
  14. ↑ Herlihy, Jim (February 2006). "What Did Your Father do in the War?" (PDF). Ireland's Genealogical Gazette. 1 (2). Genealogical Society of Ireland: 2. ISSN 1649-7937. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Aghinagh House perfect setting for race fans". Irish Examiner. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Local businessman splashes out close to €4m for Belline House". Irish Examiner. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2025. [The] Estate agent [..] also confirmed the sale to Irish buyers of Aghinagh House in Coachford, Co Cork, sold for horse trainer Fergie Sutherland for around €1.3 million
  17. ↑ "NMS mapping data - CO071-102001-" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. CO071-102001- : Graveyard : Caum [..] roughly D-shaped graveyard [..] enclosed by stone wall. N of centre is ruin of C of I parish church of Aghinagh (CO071-102002-) [..] Outside E wall of graveyard is elaborate burial plot of Sir Adrian Cartan de Wiart, who died in 1963
  18. ↑ Nyhan, Daniel (1930). "Boethius M'Egan, Bishop of Ross" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 35 (141): 25. Canon Higgins [..] writes: "Bishop Boetius M'Egan was buried in Aghinagh. There is a tradition, however, that the body was removed subsequently by his friends [..]"

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