placenamesCastlecor
Caisleán na Cora
The vanished country house and Thomas William Croke’s origins connect Castlecor with two different strands of Cork history.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Caisleán na Cora · Irish · main form · validated name
- Castlecor · English · main form
Place & story
The lost country house
Castlecor House belonged to the Freeman family after its purchase from the Chinnerys in the early eighteenth century. The Deane Freemans enlarged it around the beginning of the nineteenth century. The University of Galway’s estate record traces a later sale to Richard Barry after an 1852 advertisement. The Barrys retained it into the 1950s, but a subsequent sale in the 1960s preceded its demolition. [2]
A relief-work petition
Edward Deane Freeman of Castle Cor appears in the Chief Secretary’s papers through a petition dated July 1822. He sought public money for work needed to make a newly constructed bridge over the River Allo accessible, including causeways at either end. His proposal linked the completion of transport infrastructure with employment for people suffering local distress. The surviving petition records an estate resident’s involvement in relief efforts beyond his own house. [3]
Thomas William Croke
Thomas William Croke, later Archbishop of Cashel and the Gaelic Athletic Association’s first patron, was born at Dromin, Castlecor. Historian Marie Coleman’s account for the GAA follows his education in Paris and Rome and his subsequent career in Ireland and New Zealand. He accepted the new association’s invitation to become patron in December 1884. The naming of Croke Park in 1913 perpetuated the association with its early supporter. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Civil parish
- Kilbrin
- Within
- Castlecor Demesne
- Coordinates
- 52.20315, -8.80457 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1371700 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlecor. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Castlecor, property record 2786 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- CSO/RP/1822/3353: Petition of Edward Deane Freeman · National Archives of Ireland
- Bicentenary of first GAA patron Archbishop T.W. Croke, 18 May 2023 · Professor Marie Coleman; Gaelic Athletic Association
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.