Timoleague
 
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Timoleague ( Irish Tigh Molaige , meaning: "House of Molaga") is a place in County Cork in Ireland . It is located on Ireland's south coast near Courtmacsherry about 15 km south of Bandon . Clonakilty is west of the village. Timoleague had 323 inhabitants in 2002.
history
Saint Molaga is reported to have brought beekeeping and honey to Ireland. Honey production still plays a role in the area. The place name used to be written Tagumlag, Tymulagy or Tymoleague. The place and much of the surrounding area belonged to the English Hodnett family who settled in the Shropshire area . Before that, the land belonged to the O'Cowigs. During the reign of Henry III. a battle was fought near Timoleague between the Hodnetts and the Barrys. The Hodnetts were defeated and their leader, Lord Philip Hodnett, was killed. The Barrymores became owners of the land and held the property until around 1818 when they sold it to the Travers family.
Attractions
The Timoleague Friary Monastery was founded by the Franciscans in 1240 . The monastery was built on a monastic settlement founded by St. Molaga in the 6th century. In 1312 the Abbey was enlarged by Donal Glas McCarthy. Irish and Norman patrons expanded it again in the 16th century. The Bishop of Ross, Edmund de Courcy , had a tower built around 1500. Edmund de Courcy was buried in the old cemetery in front of the monastery walls in 1518. Other important members of Irish and Norman families also reside here. The monks were expelled by the Reformation but returned in 1604. In 1612 the abbey was sacked by English soldiers. All of the glass windows were broken, but much of the structure was preserved. In 1629 the monks left the monastery.
Abbeymahon Abbey , a Cistercian monastery , was founded in 1172 by Dermot MacCormac Mac Carthy, the King of Desmond. The original location of the monastery was in Aghamanister. About a century after it was founded, in 1278 the monastery was moved to Abbeymahon, where Diarmuit MacCarthaig, the son of Domnall Cairbreach, was buried in the new building.
Notable is the Church of Ireland church , built in 1811. The interior is entirely decorated with mosaics, which were primarily commissioned and paid for by the Maharajah of Gwalior in India. This was done in memory of his doctor Crofts, who came from Timoleague.
A landscaped garden sits on the banks of the Argideen River near Timoleague House, which was built by the Travers family. In the garden are the ruins of Timoleague Castle, the former castle of the Barrys.
Nearby are the pairs of stones from Barryshall .
economy
The economy is mainly based on tourism, agriculture and handicrafts.
Annual events
- Timoleague Harvest Festival (annually in August)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mary Leland: The lie of the land: journeys through literary Cork. Cork University Press, 2000, p. 111 ISBN 1-859-18231-3
- ↑ Timoleague Garden
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ N , 8 ° 46 ′ W