Knocknagree
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Knocknagree (; the hill of the horse stud) is a village in north-west County Cork in Ireland. Located on the R582 (Ballydesmond to Macroom) regional road it is 5 km north of Rathmore. It is approximately one mile from the Cork-Kerry border, and looks south towards the Blackwater River. Across the Blackwater River is Gneeveguilla, one of the nearest villages on the other side of border with County Kerry. Knocknagree is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
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Knocknagree (; the hill of the horse stud) is a village in north-west County Cork in Ireland. Located on the R582 (Ballydesmond to Macroom) regional road it is 5 km north of Rathmore. It is approximately one mile from the Cork-Kerry border, and looks south towards the Blackwater River. Across the Blackwater River is Gneeveguilla, one of the nearest villages on the other side of border with County Kerry. Knocknagree is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
The village had, in 2004 and 2005, seen some redevelopment on the expansive "fairfield" or village green. Before the advent of the modern cattle-mart, this green was the venue of one of the largest livestock markets in Munster. This market died out in the 1970s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knocknagree” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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