placenamesFarranree
Fearann an Rí
Farranree’s development reflects the northward expansion of Cork and the new community buildings that accompanied it.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Fearann an Rí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Farranree · English · main form
Place & story
Building a suburb
Farranree grew as Cork sought land for new housing during the 1950s. Historian Kieran McCarthy places its development alongside the city’s other expanding suburbs, when housing demand pushed construction beyond the older urban area. New neighbourhoods changed what had been the rural edge of the city. [2]
The Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection opened in Farranree in 1958. It formed part of Bishop Cornelius Lucey’s programme of five suburban churches named for the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. The sequence linked Farranree with other new communities around Cork, giving its church a place in a wider plan for the growing city. [3] [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Cork
- Civil parish
- Saint Anne's, Shandon
- Within
- Farranferris
- Coordinates
- 51.90831, -8.47957 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 129525 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Farranree. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cork’s Late Twentieth Century Highlights · Kieran McCarthy
- Our Parish Story: The Five Churches of the Rosary · Our Lady Crowned Parish, Mayfield
- Farranree: Church of the Resurrection · Diocese of Cork and Ross
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.