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Description

Population (2006) Macroom (Irish: Maigh Chromtha) is a small market town located in a valley on the River Sullane, a tributary of the River Lee, between Cork and Killarney. The town recorded a population on 2,985 in the 2002 national census. The name in Irish Gaelic may mean 'meeting place of followers of the god Crom' or 'crooked plain'. The area was once a meeting place for the Druids of Munster, and its first mention in the records comes from the sixth century. The town was the site of a major battle involving Brian Boru in the 10th century and in the following centuries suffered a series of invasions by waring families, including those by Murcheatach Uí Briain and Richard de Cogan. Finally the McCarthy family took control of the area and lead the town towards prosperity through such activities as milling, markets and fairs. In 1650, Macroom became a center point of conflict in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. During the Irish War of Independence in the early the 20th Century, the town was a center of IRA activity. During the late 19th century a number of Anglo-Irish familes were promentent in the town, however their estate-houses were burned out during the 1910s troubles, and after they fled their land was redistributed to the former tenants. Today it is said that Macroom is "the town that never reared a fool."[1]

Education

Macroom town contains two primary schools and three secondary schools; a De La Salle for boys, St. Mary's Secondary School Convent of Mercy for girls, and McEgan College, a mixed technical college located in the castle grounds. The Convent of Mercy Secondary School for girls is contained within the Sisters of Mercy's complex attached to St. Colmans church, which also included a convent, a primary school a graveyard and a grotto. Coláiste De La Salle was opened in 1933 and originally located in the town hall, until the permanent building was completed three years later. By the late 1970s the school was experiencing sever capacity issues and a re-structure and extension of the school was undertaken in 1982.[13] Since its opening the ratio of puplis has remained relatively stable with 40% from coming the town and 60% from the surrounding parishes. A new school is being built for St Colmans Boys National School after years of planning applications and appeals. The school will consist of two stories, will be wheelchair accessible, and will have an indoor gym. The new school is planned to be opened in November 2008. Aghina National School is a rurally based, two teacher, primary school within the parish of Macroom. Located 5 km from the town, it is the only co-educational primary school within the parish.

Geography

1.5km south of Macroom is the Gearagh, a national nature reserve which comprises an inland delta, made up of a series of small islands, separated by anastomosing river channels.[10] The area is thought to have been wooded since the end of the last Ice Age (c. 10,000 years ago).[11] The alluvial woodland had extended as far as the Lee Bridge, however in 1954 the Lee hydro-electric scheme was undertaken which led to extensive tree-felling and flooding in the area. The scheme resulted in the loss of sixty per-cent of the former oak woodland.[11] Today, the Gearagh is of great natural importance due to its rich and rare diversity of wildlife, and represents the only extant extensive alluvial woodland in Western Europe.[12]

History

The legacy of Macroom's pre-Christian habitation survives in the many standing stones, dolmens, stone circles and fulacht fiadh in the surrounding land.[2] The area was a pre-Christian center for Bardic conventions and acted as a base for the Druids of Munster.[3] The first recorded historical reference to Macroom dates back to the sixth century when the townland was known as Achad Dorbchon, and held within the kingdom of Muscraighe Mitine.[4] The dominate clan within the provenance of Munster at this time was the Eoghanach dynasty; they held kingdoms from Muscraighe Mitine to the midlands town of Birr. The tribe of Uí Floinn was most prominent local clan, and at some time in their reign a castle was built in Achad Dorbchon to replace Raithleann as the capital of Muskerry. In 978 a major battle was fought at Bealick between Brian Boru and the King of Carbery. The event was the climax of a power-struggle between the Lords of Carbery and the Dál gCais of North Munster. Boru sought to avenge the slaughter of his brother Mahon, as well as to acede to the throne of Munster. Mahon had been killed by the Viking chieftain Molloy in Aghina parish a year earlier. The battle lasted a full day, when the battle line shifted west to Sliabh Caoin (Sleveen). It has been described as one of the "Fiercest engagements ever fought in Muskerry".[5] Muscraighe Mitine underwent three invasions during the thirteenth century; from the Murcheatach Uí Briain and Richard de Cogan in 1201 and 1207 respectively, and finally from the McCarthy family who had become the dominant and most powerful family in what was then known as Muscraighe Uí Fhloinn. The McCarthy family occupied the castle from this time up until the middle of the seventeenth century. By the fourteenth century Achad Dorbchon was accepted to be the capital of the Barony of Muskerry, and was seen as growing center for trade, burial and religious worship.[6] Macroom was one of the earliest centres in Ireland where milling was carried out. By the end of the sixteenth century, the town began to grow from a village settlement to a functionally diverse urban centre. The locality grew outwards from the castle. The McCarthys established the town as a centre for markets and fairs, and in 1620 a market house was built to the east of and facing the castle. The family introduced a plantation scheme which aimed to attract new agriculture and industrial techniques and methods to the area. By the mid-seventeenth century English families owned approximately one-third of the town in value terms.[7] The Protestant families introduced butter making to the town; an industry that was labor intensive and had a positive effect on local dairy farming. The battle of Macroom took place near the town in 1650, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Bishop Boetius McEgan, fighting on behalf of the McCarthys failed to hold the Castle, and he was taken prisoner by the Cromwellian forces and hanged at Carrigadrohid.[8] A 1750 tenement list shows the town at that time to comprised 134 buildings and 300 families, with a population ratio of 6 to 1 between Catholic and . By now the town had developed from a locality of mud cabins in the early 1660s to a linear shaped urban settlement comprised mainly of thatched cabins, replaced in due course by solid cottages through efforts of the Irish Land and Labour Association (ILLA) founded in 1894. Macroom was the birth-place of Admiral Sir William Penn, a distinguished British Admiral and father of William Penn, after whom the state of Pennsylvania is named. Penn spent a deal of time in his father's birth-place, particularly during his childhood. The remains of their castle can still be seen today. During the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Macroom was the base in Cork for the British Auxiliary Division. At the Kilmichael Ambush 17 Auxiliaries were killed on the road between Macroom and Dunmanway by the local Irish Republican Army under Tom Barry. In May 1922, between the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Irish Civil War, 4 British soldiers were kidnapped and secretly executed and buried.[9] Macroom castle was burned out on five separate occasions; the last occasion was on 18 August, 1922 following the evacuation of British Auxiliaries from the town. The anti-treaty forces, including Erskine Childers and Frank O'Connor, had retreated from Cork City to Macroom. They burned the castle before retreating west. In 1924 the Castle and estate was gifted to the town by Lady Ardilaun. Michael Collins was killed in 1922 in an ambush near Béal na mBláth.

Sources

* Ring, Denis Paul (1995). A Historical Geography of Macroom C.500-1995. Castle House Publications.

Sport

Macroom golf club is located within the castle grounds and runs parallel with the river Sullane. Rugby was popular in the town in the early part of the 20th century, and Hockey was played in the Castle grounds during the 1930s. Soccer was introduced to the town in the mid 1960s. Judo is also practiced in the town with members of the Macroom Judo Club winning many national and international medals through the years. Macroom Trout Fly Anglers Association was founded in 1922 and is the oldest fly fishing club in Ireland. Other indoor sports include table tennis (the current club has operated since 1992), boxing, badminton and racquetball.

Tourism

Tourist attractions include a colourful town centre, an 18-hole golf course and scenic surroundings. A few kilometres to the north of Macroom is Mushera Mountain, with the family attraction of Millstreet Country Park, a 1.5 km walk to the summit of the mountain, and the ancient Saint John's Well. There are many holy wells, churches and other sites in the area associated with ancient visionaries and healers. 6km west lies the historic Carrigaphooca Castle. In the town itself, the Castle Arch, a remainder of the demolished Macroom Castle, admits walkers to the Castle demesne parklands, held in trust as a gift to, and possession of, the people of Macroom. This large park contains riverside walks among mature oak and beech trees.

Transport

The town is situated the national primary route N22, approximately 38km from Cork city and 48km from Killarney. There is an hourly bus service to a from Cork city. Macroom's nearest airport is Cork Airport. Between 1866 and 1953, a railway ran between the town and Cork city, terminating in the mart grounds. In 1890 there were five services each way on week days and two on Sundays, and the running time was just over an hour. Macroom railway station opened on 12 May 1866, closed for passenger traffic on 1 July 1935, closed for goods traffic on 10 March 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 December 1953.[14]