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Blackpool, Cork - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°54′40″N 8°28′21″W / 51.9110°N 8.4724°W

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Blackpool An Linn Dubh
Suburb
Maddens Buildings on the Watercourse Road in Blackpool
Blackpool Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°54′40″N 8°28′21″W / 51.9110°N 8.4724°W / 51.9110; -8.4724
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST (WEST))

Blackpool (Irish: An Linn Dubh) is a suburb of Cork city in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated in the north of the city, on the N20 road to Mallow. Blackpool is part of the Cork North Central Dáil constituency.

History

The first official reference to Blackpool in Cork City as an urban centre was in relation to the building of a Guard House in 1734 mentioned in the Cork Corporation minute book. Its early development can be traced to its being on the main thoroughfare from Cork City to the north, with roads leading to the important destinations of Mallow, Limerick and Dublin. Dublin Street and Hill in Blackpool were named after this route.^[1]

Weaving became identified with Blackpool from its early beginnings and it was later recalled that the cabins of Blackpool were a hive of wool combing and weaving. The success of weaving in Blackpool can in part be attributable to British Army and Naval contracts that accrued to the area. The Revolutionary War period (1793–1815) was a buoyant time for weaving in Blackpool as a result. But after the war ended and the Act of Union of 1801 eventually allowed cheaper industrial clothing to invade the Irish market it marked the end of the cabin weaving industry of Blackpool. Many of the weavers from Blackpool emigrated to Britain. Thereafter Blackpool had a concentration of industries such as tanning, bacon curing, brewing and distilling.^[1]

Many of the Blackpool's residents formerly depended on the industrial employment offered by companies such as Gouldings, Harringtons, Dennys, Sunbeam, Irish Distillers and Murphy's Brewery.^{[citation needed]} There are many clubs associated with Blackpool which grew over the years including the Harriers, St Finbarr's Pipe Band, Glen Boxing Club, and Glen Rovers hurling club.^{[citation needed]}

Blackpool's Roman Catholic parish church, the Church of the Annunciation, was designed by noted stone carver Seamus Murphy^[2] who worked in the locality. The building of this church, completed in 1945 to replace the earlier St Nicholas Church, was funded by the Dwyer family who owned the nearby Sunbeam textile complex, and their staff with weekly collections.^[3]

Sport

Glen Rovers GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

Notable people

Thomas Deenihan (born 1967), Roman Catholic prelate, current Bishop of Meath
Charlie Hurley (born 1936), retired footballer and football manager
Jack Lynch (1917 – 1999), Taoiseach and Gaelic games player
Pat Lynch (1933 – 2018), singer^[4]
Christy Ring (1920 – 1979), hurler^[1]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackpool, Cork.

^ ^a ^b ^c Freeman, Michael (12 October 2018). "Your guide to Blackpool, Cork: Old factory neighbourhood with a new generation moving in". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "Seamus Murphy (1907-1975)", Encyclopedia of Irish plastic Art
^ Boylan, Shaun. "Dwyer, William James". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "Obituary: Pat Lynch". Independent.ie. 11 February 2018.

Neighbouring areas of Cork.

Blackpool

Districts

Culture

Events	Cork Caucus Cork Jazz Festival Cork International Film Festival Cork International Choral Festival Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Live at the Marquee SoundEye Festival
Venues	Cork Opera House Cork Public Museum Crawford Art Gallery Firkin Crane Centre Everyman Theatre Lewis Glucksman Gallery Public art
Food halls	English Market Marina Market

Education

Third level	Cork College of Commerce Cork Institute of Technology Griffith College Cork St. John's Central College University College Cork
Secondary	Bishopstown Community School Christian Brothers College Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh Coláiste Chríost Rí Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa Douglas Community School North Monastery Mount Mercy College Presentation Brothers College Scoil Mhuire, Cork Hamblin and Porter's Grammar School

Health

History

Media

Print	Cork Independent The Echo Irish Examiner
Radio	C103 Cork's 96FM Cork's Red FM
Television	Cork Community TV

Parks and
recreational areas

Religion

Streets

Water bodies

Other buildings
and structures

Railway stations	Blackrock railway station Cork Albert Quay railway station Cork Albert Street railway station Cork Capwell railway station Cork City Park railway station Cork County Gaol Cork Victoria Road railway station Cork Western Road railway station Show Ground Halt railway station Victoria railway station

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