placenamesAubane
An Abha Bhán
Aubane’s community buildings and nearby roadside landmarks preserve the history of schooling, trade and local voluntary effort.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Abha Bhán · Irish · main form
- Aubane · English · main form
Place & story
The school that became a community centre
Aubane National School opened on 12 August 1913 on land supplied by Humphrey O’Donoghue. John Coffey of Midleton built the two-room school, whose first principal was Bridget O’Shea, assisted by Mary Ellen Corcoran. Boys and girls initially attended separate sections, which merged in 1917 under Timothy Corkerry. The school closed in 1974, and the building subsequently became a community centre. Its surviving registers have been published by the Aubane Historical Society. [2]
The Kerryman’s Table on the Butter Road
The Kerryman’s Table is a large flat rock on the old road towards Cork. Local history identifies it as a resting place for people carrying butter from Kerry to Cork’s butter market, where travellers could refresh themselves and rest their horses. It also served as a collection point for produce awaiting transport. A plaque was unveiled there in May 1998 during the Butter Road Commemoration Weekend, giving a familiar roadside feature a public marker of its trading associations. [3]
Local work at Saint John’s Well
Saint John’s Well on Mushera lies about three kilometres from Aubane. A local account traces the development of its shrine to 1954, when Michael Buckley placed a picture of Saint John there and Sonny Buckley made a protective timber altar. Volunteers then built a stone grotto, and a statue was installed and blessed in 1958. The account records the first Mass at the grotto on 24 June 1974, connecting the mountain site with decades of community work. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aubane. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Origin and development of the Parish of Millstreet, Aubane National School, page 22 · Fr Seán Tucker, Aubane Historical Society, 2008
- Aubane history: Kerryman’s Table and Saint John’s Well · Millstreet community website, Aubane history
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2008-11-04. How this page was prepared.