Carrigtwohill
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Carrigtohill Carraig Thuathail
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| Nickname(s): Carrig | |
 Carrigtohill
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| Coordinates: 51°54′33.98″N 8°15′26.16″W / 51.9094389°N 8.2572667°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Town | 7,333 |
| • Urban | 4,551 |
| • Rural | 2,114 |
| Irish Grid Reference | W819728 |
Carrigtwohill, officially Carrigtohill/ˌkærɪɡˈtuːhɪl/ (Irish: Carraig Thuathail, meaning "Tuathal's rock"), is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of 6,665 (2011). It is 12 kilometres east of Cork city. It is connected to Cork Suburban Rail and is bypassed by the N25 road. Carrigtwohill is one of the fastest growing towns in Ireland and is a major pharmaceutical and biotechnology hub.
It is generally believed that the town's name is from Irish: Carraig Thuathail, meaning "Tuathal's rock". However, in his book Church and Parish Records (1903), the Rev. J.H. Cole of the Church of Ireland said that tuathail is used in the sense of "left-handed", or "North". Cole says it is so called because, whereas most of the rocks in that part of the country run east-west, the rocks at Carrigtwohill run north-south.
The town's anglicised name first appeared in written documents in 1234 as Karrectochell. Later spellings include Carrigtuoghill, Carrigtoghill, Carrigtowhill and Carrigtowill.
The huge rock from which Carrigtwohill derives its name is about half a mile north-eastwards of the town itself, and is in the townland of Carrigane. The rock is honeycombed with caves; some are very large and extend for miles underground where very beautiful stalactites are to be found. Tradition has it that a goat once entered one of these caves, emerging in the townland of Ballintubrid, a few miles southwards. The cave where the goat emerged is called Poll an Ghabhair, meaning The Goat’s Hole.
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