Village in County Cork, Ireland
Village in Munster, Ireland
Banteer (Irish : Bántír )[ 2] is a village in north County Cork , Ireland located in the civil parish of Clonmeen in the historic barony of Duhallow . It is near the town of Mallow . Banteer is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.
History
In 1651, the Battle of Knocknaclashy , the last pitched battle of the Irish Confederate Wars , took place near the village, when English Parliamentarians under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery defeated an Irish force under Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry .
Organizations
Local sporting organizations include a Gaelic football club known simply as "Lyre " after a nearby village and a hurling club known as Banteer .
The Glen Theatre is a community-owned and managed centre for the arts. The theatre was originally Banteer National School (built 1840).[ 3]
Transport
Banteer railway station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976.[ 4] It is on the Mallow to Tralee railway line.
The Banter to Nadd road was widened and surfaced in 1838 and a large stone was placed at the roadside along the way, commemorating the ganger in charge with the inscription: "JOHN O'NEILL BROSNA 1838".
People
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