Rathcormac Irish:Ráth Chormaic | |
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Town | |
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  Rathcormac Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°04′37″N8°16′55″W / 52.0769°N 8.2819°W /52.0769; -8.2819 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Population | 1,957 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W804920 |
Rathcormac (Irish:Ráth Chormaic, meaning 'Cormac'sringfort')[2] is a small town in northCounty Cork, Ireland. Previously situated on the mainCork toDublin road (theN8), it was bypassed in 2006 by theM8. The former N8 through the town's main street is now theR639regional road. Rathcormac is located in the Blackwater Valley region and is part of theCork East Dáil constituency.
TheRathcormac massacre occurred at Bartlemy Cross southeast of Rathcormac on 18 December 1834, during theTithe War.
Carntierna, an Iron Age royal site, is located to the north.
Rathcormac is home toBride Rovers GAA club and Rathcormac Gun Club.[3]
In 1842 theFenian and Australian architect,Joseph Nunan, was born here.[4]
Two Canadian politicians,Patrick Joseph (Joe) O'Flynn (1921) andDenis Christopher O'Flynn (1923), were born in Rathcormac to John Joseph O'Flynn and Mary Cahill. In 1925, The O'Flynn family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario Canada. When the family landed in Canada, they dropped the "O" and became Flynn.
Joe O'Flynn went on to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener, Ontario[5] and Dennis O'Flynn (he changed the spelling) became Mayor of Etobicoke (a suburb of Toronto) and later was the Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.[6]
