Shanagarry (Irish: An Seangharraí, meaning 'the old garden (or court)')[2] is a village in east County Cork in Ireland. The village is located near Ireland's south coast, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Cork, on the R632 regional road.
Shanagarry Castle passed to the family of William Penn in the 1660s; it was his occasional residence before he left for Pennsylvania and started his Holy Experiment.[3] Also to be found in Shanagarry is the historic Old Road, an ancient Irish causeway and home to the original residents of the village.
Shanagarry is also the home village of the Russell Rovers hurling and football teams. The teams are made up of people from Shanagarry, Ballycotton and Churchtown South.
Surrounding area
About 2 km (1.2 mi) from Shanagarry, just off the road to Ballycotton, lies Ballynamona beach. The coastline at Shanagarry and Ballynamona forms part of the Ballycotton Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and is home to herons, oystercatchers and cormorants.[4]
^Power, Denis (1994). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork: Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office. p. 231. ISBN0707603234.
^"Ballycotton Bay Special Protection Area"(PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service. August 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2024. Ballycotton Bay [SPA] is an east-facing coastal complex [..which..] stretches northwards from Ballycotton to Ballynamona [..] Saltmarsh and marsh habitat is best represented at Shanagarry and at Ballynamona [..] species that have been recorded at Ballycotton Bay [..] represent eleven waterbird families: Gaviidae (divers), Podicipedidae (grebes), [..] Haematopodidae (oystercatchers), Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings), [..] plus Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants), Ardeidae (Herons) and Alcedinidae (Kingfisher)
