Blackpool, Cork

Blackpool (Irish: An Linn Dubh) is a suburb of Cork city in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated in the north of the city, on the N20 road to Mallow.

Social History

Blackpool had a concentration of industries such as tanning, bacon curing, brewing and distilling. As well as being a suburb, Blackpool is regarded by some as a now faded commercial and social centre of working class districts on the northside of Cork City. A vibrant working class community developed, its identity reinforced by the area's association with icons such as Taoiseach (Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland) and hurler Jack Lynch, Christy Ring (commonly regarded as the greatest hurler of all time) and footballer Charlie Hurley.

Blackpool was a vibrant, close community and many of the people depended on the industrial employment offered by companies such as Gouldings, Harringtons, Dennys, Sunbeam, Irish Distillers and Murphy's Brewery. There are so many clubs associated with Blackpool which flourished over the years including the Harriers, St Finbarr's Pipe Band, Glen Boxing Club and, the most famous, the Glen Rovers hurling club.

Blackpool's Roman Catholic parish church, the Church of the Annunciation, was designed by noted stone carver Seamus Murphy RHA who worked in the locality. The building of this church, completed in 1945 to replace the earlier St Nicholas Church, was funded by the Dwyer family who owned the nearby Sunbeam textile complex, and their staff with weekly collections. This led to the nickname Billy Dwyer's Fire escape.

Sport

Glen Rovers GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

Bordering suburbs

Neighbouring areas of Cork.

Farranree

Dublin Hill

Ballyvolane

Fairhill

The Glen

Blackpool

Churchfield

Shandon

Military Hill

Third level	Cork College of Commerce Cork Institute of Technology St. John's Central College University College Cork

Secondary	Bishopstown Community School Christian Brothers College Coláiste Chríost Rí Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa Douglas Community School Griffith College Cork North Monastery Mount Mercy College Presentation Brothers College Hamblin and Porter's Grammar School

Health

History

Media

Print	Cork Independent Evening Echo Irish Examiner

Radio	Cork's 96FM Red FM

Parks and
recreational areas

Religion

Sport

Clubs and Organisations

Basketball	Neptune UCC Demons

Cricket	Cork County Cricket Club

GAA	Bishopstown Blackrock Brian Dillons Delaney Rovers Douglas Glen Rovers Mayfield Nemo Rangers Redmonds Seandún St. Finbarr's St. Michael's St. Nicholas' St. Vincent's UCC Tower Street

Rugby	Cork Constitution Dolphin Highfield Sundays Well UCC

Soccer	Cork City Cork City WFC Tramore Athletic UCC Albert Rovers Cork Athletic Cork Celtic Cork F.C. Cork Hibernians

Venues

Cricket	The Mardyke Cricket Ground

GAA	Páirc Uí Chaoimh Páirc Uí Rinn The Mardyke Cork Athletic Grounds

Rugby	Musgrave Park * The Mardyke

Soccer	Turners Cross Stadium * The Mardyke * Bishopstown Stadium

Streets

Water bodies

Other buildings
and structures

Italics indicate proposed developments. Smaller font-size indicates locations or organizations that no longer exist.

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Blackpool, Cork

Social History

Sport

Bordering suburbs

See also