Curraghbinny
Curraghbinny
Corra Binne | |
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Townland | |
.jpg) Curraghbinny Wood | |
  Curraghbinny | |
| Coordinates: 51°48′40″N 8°18′18″W / 51.811°N 8.305°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Cork |
| Civil parish | Carrigaline |
| Population (2011)[1] | 155 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish grid reference | W792620 |
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Curraghbinny (Irish: Corra Binne),[2] also sometimes spelled Currabinny or Currabinney,[3] is a townland in County Cork, Ireland.[4] Located on Cork Harbour near Ringaskiddy and with an area of 2.4 square kilometres (240 ha), it is a townland in the barony of Kerrycurrihy.[4] As of the 2011 census, Curraghbinny townland had a population of 155 people.[1] Lough Beg Bird Reserve and Curraghbinny Wood are located in the area.[3][5] There is also a large pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific from GlaxoSmithKline for €90m in 2019, in the townland.[6]
History
[edit]Evidence of ancient settlement in Currabinny townland include a number of burnt spread and shell midden sites.[7]
At the highest point on Curraghbinny Hill are the remains of a Bronze Age cairn which is known locally as the "giant's grave".[8][9][10] The cairn, which was subject to excavation in the 1930s (during which cremated human remains and a bronze ring was found), was restored in the 1990s.[10][11] There is some speculation that the name Curraghbinny derives from a legend of a giant named Binne whose burial chamber surmounts the hill (corra).[12]
A thatched cottage within the townland, dating to the mid-18th century, is described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as "an incredibly rare survivor" of its type in the area.[13]
Woodland
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Curraghbinny Wood is a forested amenity, of approximately 35 hectares (86 acres), which is maintained by Coillte.[12] The woodlands are home to a number of species of plants, trees, shrubs and wildflowers. A number of these were planted c. 1890, with some identified as garden escapees. Downy birch (Betula pubescens), pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) are present in the canopy. The shrubs and hedges include a mixture of native and introduced plants. Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), woodrush (Luzula sylvatica), broad buckler-fern (Dryopteris dilatata) are the native ground cover, with cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) and common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) introduced via the gardens adjoining the woods.[14]
The area is also home to several species of birds, including goldcrest (Regulus regulus), Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus), Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula), Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), European robin (Erithacus rubecula), and European herring gull (Larus argentatus).[15]
There is a plaque to the Irish-Canadian politician, William Warren Baldwin, within the wood.[16][17]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b "CD153 - Cork Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
Curraghbinny, Carrigaline, Co. Cork [..] 155
- ^ "Corra Binne / Curraghbinny". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b "A bird reserve next to a pharmaceutical facility". thecork.ie. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Curraghbinny Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Lough Beg Bird Reserve". lbbrcork.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Thermo Fisher Scientific to hire for 36 'high-level' jobs in Cork". siliconrepublic.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
Late last year, the Currabinny site was acquired by Thermo Fisher from GlaxoSmithKline for €90m
- ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2009. ISBN 9781406424492.
- ^ "Curraghbinny Woods". ringofcork.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Cork-Curraghbinny" (PDF) (Map). coillte.ie. Coillte. 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b Ó Ríordáin, Seán P. (1933). "Excavation of cairn in townland of Curraghbinny, Co. Cork" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. XXXVIII: 80–84.
- ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. ISBN 9780707603230.
On top of a hill in Curraghbinny wood at E tip of E-W ridge, overlooking Cork Harbour [..] Excavated in 1932 by O Ríordáin (1933, 80-4) who found a cairn of stone enclosed by rough dry-stone wall [..and..] fragmentary cremated human bone and charcoal between stones of circle [..] The monument was taken into State Care in 1984 and the cairn was reinstated in July 1998
- ^ a b "Curraghbinny". coillte.ie. Coillte. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Rivendell, Curraghbinny, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ Perrin, Philip; Martin, James; Barron, Simon; O’Neill, Fionnuala; McNutt, Kate; Delaney, Aoife (2003–2008). "National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003--2008" (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Services. p. 234.
- ^ "Bird List - Currabinny Wood, Cork, Munster, Ireland - eBird Hotspot". ebird.org. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "William Warren Baldwin 1775-1844". heritagetrust.on.ca. Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Plaques outside Ontario - William Warren Baldwin 1775-1844". ontarioplaques.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.