Turners Cross Crois an Tornóra | |
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Town | |
 The Church of Christ the King | |
  Turners Cross Location in Cork | |
| Coordinates:51°53′10″N8°27′51″W / 51.8862°N 8.4642°W /51.8862; -8.4642 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| Administrative area | Cork (city) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Turners Cross (Irish:Crois an Tornóra)[1] is a ward on the south side ofCork City in Ireland, and home to theRoman Catholic parish of the same name.
Largely residential, one of the key features of the area is the iconic church created byarchitectBarry Byrne andsculptorJohn Storrs, theChurch of Christ the King. It was commissioned in 1927 by RevDaniel Cohalan D.D., Bishop of Cork. The church was the first Irish church to be built from concrete instead of brick,[2] and is one of the largest suspended-ceiling churches in Europe.[2] Opened in 1931, the church is based on the principles ofArt Deco, which makes strong use of symmetric and geometric forms.[3] Turners Cross is part of theCork South-Central Dáil constituency.
Rocque's map of Cork of 1759 is the first to show significant housing in the Turners Cross area in the areas that are now Evergreen Street (then Maypole Lane) and Quaker Road (then Graveyard Lane).[4] Previous maps of Cork in 1690 and 1726 show only occasional houses associated with what were then farms on the southern edge of the city.[5] The oldest housing still existing in Turners Cross now dates from the mid-19th century.
In 1879, theCork and Macroom Direct Railway, which had shared theCork, Bandon and South Coast Railway station at Albert Road in the city centre, moved its city terminus to a new station they created -Cork Capwell railway station in the Turners Cross area. This was used until 1925, when both the Cork and Macroom and Cork, Bandon and South Coast railways were merged intoGreat Southern Railways and the terminus reverted to Albert Road.
New housing was continually developed in the Turners Cross area until the 1950s, when there was little remaining spare land in the area.
Turners Cross is home toCork City FC which is based in theTurners Cross Stadium.
Nearby there is also a rugby stadium,Musgrave Park, which is home to bothDolphin RFC andSundays Well RFC. In addition, Musgrave Park is used for many home matches in thePro14 tournament byMunster Rugby.
The localGAA club isNemo Rangers, although they sold their grounds in Turners Cross for housing and relocated to a new location in nearbyDouglas in 2007.
The mainprimary school in the area isBunscoil Chríost Rí, which is a Catholic mixed (co-educational) school. Thesecondary schools in the area areChrist King, an all-girls school, which was originally served by thePresentation Sisters andColáiste Chríost Rí, an all-boys school, which was served by thePresentation Brothers.
Turners Cross takes its name from an important junction, where the road from Cork toKinsale separated from the road toCarrigaline. The road to Carrigaline (passing through Douglas) is now theR851.
TheN27dual-carriageway, which links Cork city centre toCork Airport passes through Turners Cross. This handles the bulk of the traffic that used the road to Kinsale.
Several bus routes serve Turners Cross, including route 203 (fromFarranree toBallyphehane via Turners Cross), 206 (Grange to Cork city centre), 219 (Mahon toBishopstown andMTU), and regional bus route 226 (Kent Station to Kinsale).
Although both theCork-Macroom andCork, Bandon and South Coast railways previously went through Turners Cross, it is not currently served by rail. The nearest active railway station isCork Kent railway station.
Neighbouring areas of Cork. | |
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