Newmarket, County Cork

Newmarket, County Cork
Newmarket
Áth Trasna
—  Town  —
Newmarket is located in Ireland
Newmarket
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 9°00′19″W / 52.215112°N 9.005317°W / 52.215112; -9.005317Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 9°00′19″W / 52.215112°N 9.005317°W / 52.215112; -9.005317
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Cork
Population (2008)
 – Urban 2,557
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 – Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference R314076
Website www.newmarketgaa.ie
This article is about the town in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. For other places named Newmarket, see Newmarket (disambiguation). For places named New Market, see New Market (disambiguation).

Newmarket, historically known as Aghatrasna (Irish: Áth Trasna), is a town in the Barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Ireland.

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Sport

People

  • John Philpot Curran, the famous Irish orator and lawyer, was born on July 24, 1750 in Newmarket. He is credtited as being the originator of the saying "The cost of Liberty is Eternal Vigillence".
  • Sarah Curran, daughter of John Philpot Curran was the love of Irish rebel leader Robert Emmet. After her death in 1808 she was buried in the Protestant graveyard in Newmarket.
  • Ex-Cork footballer Danny Culloty
  • Ex-Cork Hurler Jerry Cronin
  • Irish international rugby player Tony Buckley
  • Noted Irish Republican Army Commandant Seán Moylan lived in Newmarket and initially captained the Newmarket company of Oglaigh na hEireann during the Anglo-Irish war

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Newmarket is twinned with:

Home of the great Maria Boyle the fairest lady in the land.

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