Donoughmore
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Donoughmore Domhnach Mór
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| Parish | |
 Donoughmore
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| Coordinates: 51°59′N 8°45′W / 51.99°N 8.75°WCoordinates: 51°59′N 8°45′W / 51.99°N 8.75°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Area | |
| • Parish | 90.28 km2 (34.86 sq mi) |
| ElevationMax | 383 m (1,257 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Rural | 2,633 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W487822 |
Donoughmore (spelt Donaghmore by Ordnance Survey Ireland; Irish: Domhnach Mór) is a civil and Catholic parish in County Cork, Ireland. This rural district lies 25 km west north-west of Cork city.
The size of Donoughmore is stated as 22309 Acres or 9028 Hectares.
Donoughmore is subdivided into 40 townlands in total. Some are divided into North/South or Lower/Upper etc. counting the townlands without dividing them there are 32 townlands in total. Some townlands are under the care of Rylane Post office and as such have Rylane as a postal address instead of Donoughmore. The following list is from largest to smallest (spelling follows the Ordnance Survey, local spellings may differ): Barrahaurin, Gowlane North, Pluckanes North, Meenahony, Kilcullen South, Coolmona, Kilcullen North, Ahadillane, Garraun North, Ballygirriha, Fornaght, Ballycunningham, Derry, Gowlane South, Coollicka, Garraun South, Killeenleigh, Lackabane, Rathcoola East, Rathcoola West, Garraunredmond, Commeenaplaw, Bunkilla, Monataggart, Kilmartin Lower, Pluckanes East, Pluckanes West, Knockanare, Kilmartin Upper, Knockarourke, Curragh, Ballykerwick, Firmount, Ballycraheen, Scarteen, Knockane, Monavanshere, Pluckanes South, Ballyhennessy, Ballyvodane. The village of Stuake lies at the north end of the parish.
Donoughmore is, like most of county Cork, in the South Western River basin district. Within this district it is in the Lower Lee - Owenboy Water Management Unit.
Donoughmore lies partly in the Boggeragh Mountain range. Uctough and Knockagoun are the only two mountains from the range that are in Donoughmore. Uctough 's peak at 383m is within the parish bounds, whilst Knockagoun 's peak is outside the parish bounds, within the parish it reaches between 380m - 386m.
Donoughmore's Garda jurisdiction is the Stuake Sub-District, of the Macroom District, in the Cork West Division of the Southern Region.
In the Irish Census system, parishes do not have data collected for them as such, instead a unit of area called an "electoral division" is used. In rural contexts, electoral districts are usually calculated by grouping townlands together. Donoughmore consists of 3 electoral divisions: Firmount, Gowlane and Kilcullen.
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