placenamesCarriganimmy
Carraig an Ime
Carriganimmy, also known as Carriganima, preserves an early nineteenth-century church and commemorates the sporting achievements of Con Walsh.
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
- Carraig an Ime · Irish · main form · validated name
- Carriganimmy · English · main form
Place & story
Saint John the Baptist’s barn church
Saint John the Baptist's Church dates from about 1820. The architectural inventory describes a modest rectangular church with a five-bay nave, pointed windows and a limestone bellcote. Inside are a plastered barrel ceiling, marble altar furnishings and a timber gallery. Later renovations altered the building, but its form preserves the relatively restrained church architecture of the period before Catholic Emancipation. [2]
Con Walsh’s international sporting career
Con Walsh came from Carriganimma and became an Olympic bronze medallist in the hammer throw for Canada at London in 1908. Before emigrating, he had played in the All-Ireland football finals of 1899 and 1901 and won national titles in throwing and place-kicking. He later worked as a Seattle police officer. A plaque in Carriganima commemorates his achievements, connecting the village with a sporting career spanning Ireland and North America. [3]
Recording the school’s jubilee
Carriganima National School marked its golden jubilee in 1988 with Tales of the Foherish Valley, edited by Denis O'Connell. The National Library catalogues the 144-page illustrated volume under the anniversary dates 1938–1988, recording the school itself as publisher. This commemorative publication preserves a specific local effort to collect the history of education and the surrounding district. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Civil parish
- Clondrohid
- Within
- Carriganimmy
- Coordinates
- 51.97666, -9.03339 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412754 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carriganimmy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint John the Baptist Church,registration20905902 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Con Walsh,athlete66270 · OlyMADMen,Olympedia
- Tales of the Foherish Valley:Carriganima National School golden jubilee1938–1988,vtls000016980 · National Library of Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.