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The War of Independence in County Cork stepped up a gear on January 2nd 1920 with simultaneous attacks on police barracks in Carrigtwohill, Kilmurry and Inchigeela.

On an untarred, unpaved earthen country road known as the Glen Road, Grenagh, running beneath the embankment parallel to the railway above, passengers on the main-line steam trains on their journey to Cork City,

As someone who was born and raised in Blarney, I have always felt a special attachment to the place. My memories of growing up there, going to school, messing around the village, the woods and the castle grounds,

This church, situated in the hamlet of Waterloo, is located approximately 2.5 km north of the village of Blarney. It is tucked away in the north-east corner of the town-land of Knocknasuff.

By the will of Nicholas Mahony, his nephews Martin and Edmund Roynane, were appointed trustees of a sum of £5000 to be spent in establishing a convent of Sisters of Charity in Blarney.

June 1997 saw the removal of a prominent land mark in the Blarney/Tower area to make way for a proposed new garage. Located across the road from the avenue leading to where the world-famous St. Ann’s Hydropathic Establishment was situated.

Golf’s origin in the Barony of Muskerry, a vast tract of land extending to over 300,000 acres extending from Blarney in the east to the ‘county bounds’ with Kerry, can be traced to the former St. Ann’s Hydro near Tower.

The binding of cartwheels was another task undertaken by the blacksmith, which required great skill and accuracy. This duty was usually performed once a month at the Killowen forge.

For almost 100 years the Sodalities founded by the Sisters of Charity played a prominent part in the spiritual life of the community. Here is their story, told in the words of the convent annals.

Athletics and hurling are as old as civilization itself when people had to run and jump to escape predators. They later learned to use sticks as spears and stones to kill animals for food.