Shanballymore
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Shanballymore An Seanbhaile Mór |
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| Village | |
 Shanballymore
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| Coordinates: 52°13′12″N 08°28′35″W / 52.22000°N 8.47639°W | |
| Country |
 Ireland
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| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3,866 acres (1,565 ha) |
| Population (2006 Census) | |
| • Total | 553 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Shanballymore (Irish: An Seanbhaile Mór: "Big Old Town", colloquially Shanbla) is a small village and civil district in north County Cork, Ireland. It neighbours the towns of Doneraile, Kildorrery and Castletownroche, and is off the main route from Mallow to Mitchelstown.
The village church is Catholic Church of Christ the King.
"Shanballymore" is also the name of winner of the Irish Derby Stakes in 1911 (however the horse was not named after this town in County Cork).
Its population is 553 (2006 Census).
Shanballymore also historically referred to as Templeruan – Sonnachgowan (Old Town) is situated on the North bank of the Awbeg River – Spenser's 'Mulla Fair' – astride the road from Mallow to Mitchelstown. It is also traversed by the 'Bianconi Road' .This is the old road which crosses Wallstown Hill over the river and Clogher Hill, the cobbled surface of which can still be seen in a few places. The modern 'New Line' was built as a public work around the hills during one of the famines in the last century.
Shanballymore has three names as the heading show. The earliest appears in the Crichad on Chaoille (c. 1100) and the Papal Taxation of Pope Nicholas, 1291; Sonnach Gobunn, the second name, Templeroan makes its appearance as an alternative name about 1400 and remains as the name of the Civil (legal) or Church of Ireland parish. This latter name is important, as census figures and other official information for the parish will be found under this title. The youngest name is Shanballymore, the name of the Roman Catholic parish.
That it has a history worth telling is evident from the fact that, within its 3,866 acres, it contained four tower houses or castles, via Balllinamona, Sonnach (or Shannagh), Castleruan and Dannanstown, and three churches, Kilelly, kilclagmusey & Templeroan,. Each will be discussed in its place. There is also a reference to a Shanballymore Castle, but that would appear to be in error for Castleruahn.
The vicinity of Shanballymore was part of the Tuath of Ui Bece Abha Uachtarach with Castletownroche and Wallstown parishes, as shown in the 'Crichid an Chaoilli', a description of\ the area no known as the Barony of Fermoy. The text appears in 'The Book of Lismore (more correctly the book of Mac carthaigh Riabhach, which was found in the early eighteen-hundreds, hidden in the walls of Lismore Castle. the Crichad portion of the text is almost unique, offering a description of Irish land holding c. 1100, the limits of the estates and the major families of the area, it was edited and translated on three occasions, first in Patrick, Cardinals Moran's editing of Mervyn Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicus 1873 second by JG O'Keeffe in the scholarly periodical 'Eriu' in 1928 and third Patrick Power's publication of 1932. This latter is most useful to the local historian, since it has an Introduction which places the work in its context, a transcript and photographic reproduction of the text - for the scholar in medieval Irish – a translation and extensive notes on places and place names. Power was an ideal person for the job, since he combined a number of disciplines. He was professor of archaeology in UCC the author of a History of the Diocese of Waterford, a major work on the place names of the diocese and translated the lives of ss Declan & Mochuda.
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