Shanagarry | |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | County Cork |
Subdivision Type3: | Dáil constituency |
Subdivision Name3: | Cork East |
Subdivision Type4: | EU Parliament |
Subdivision Name4: | South |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population: | 700 |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
Coordinates: | 51.8521°N -8.0344°W |
Shanagarry [2] is a village in east County Cork in Ireland. The village is located near Ireland's south coast, approximately east of Cork, on the R632 regional road.
Shanagarry is known for the Ballymaloe Cookery School, in the home and gardens of celebrity chef Darina Allen. Also resident here is Darina's daughter-in-law and chef Rachel Allen.
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.
About 2km (01miles) 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]