Rockchapel Séipéal na Carraige | |
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Village | |
  Rockchapel Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°17′21″N09°08′37″W / 52.28917°N 9.14361°W /52.28917; -9.14361 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R219159 |
Rockchapel (Irish:Séipéal na Carraige, meaning 'chapel of the rocks') is a village in northCounty Cork inIreland.[1] It is located near the border of counties Cork,Kerry andLimerick. Rockchapel is within theDáil constituency ofCork North-West.
Much of the land close to the village is planted with coniferous trees, mainly oflodgepole pine andSitka spruce. This was largely facilitated by financial funding from the national forestry companyCoillte through its grant support scheme. The local GAA club isRockchapel GAA which fieldsGaelic football teams inDuhallow division competitions.[2]
The local church is dedicated toSaint Peter and was builtc. 1830.[3] Rockchapel forms half a parish in theRoman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, the other half of the parish beingMeelin.[4]
The village got its name from thepenal times whenCatholic religious services were banned. Mass was said on a rock in a remote area.[citation needed]
Rockchapel has two pubs, one shop, a community centre, a church, a funeral home and a graveyard.[citation needed] As of 2018, the localnational (primary) school had 41 pupils enrolled.[5]
The headwaters of theRiver Feale rise approximately 4.3 km northeast of the village between the townlands of Rockhill West, Rockhill East and Tooreenmacauliffe on the southwestern slopes ofMullaghareirk mountain.[6]
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