Cloyne

For other uses, see Cloyne (disambiguation).

Cloyne Cluain Uamha
—  Village  —
Cathedral Church of St. Colman (Church of Ireland) and Round Tower
Cloyne Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°51′47″N 08°07′15″W / 51.86306°N 8.12083°W / 51.86306; -8.12083Coordinates: 51°51′47″N 08°07′15″W / 51.86306°N 8.12083°W / 51.86306; -8.12083
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1821	1,847	—
1831	2,227	+20.6%
1841	2,200	−1.2%
1851	1,713	−22.1%
1861	1,434	−16.3%
1871	1,235	−13.9%
1881	1,126	−8.8%
1891	995	−11.6%
1901	827	−16.9%
1911	756	−8.6%
1926	712	−5.8%
1936	684	−3.9%
1946	620	−9.4%
1951	620	+0.0%
1956	607	−2.1%
1961	612	+0.8%
1966	634	+3.6%
1971	654	+3.2%
1981	602	−8.0%
1986	721	+19.8%
1991	731	+1.4%
1996	673	−7.9%
2002	785	+16.6%
2006	1,095	+39.5%
[1][2][3][4][5]

Cloyne (Irish: Cluain Uamha) is a small town to the south-east of the town of Midleton in eastern County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. It is also a see city of the Anglican (Church of Ireland) Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese. St Coleman's Cathedral in Cloyne is a parish church of the Church of Ireland while the Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Cobh Cathedral of Saint Colman, overlooks Cork harbour.

Climate

Being only 2 miles (3.2 km) from Cork harbour and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the open ocean, Cloyne has a mild climate with few extremes of temperature. The highest recorded temperature was 31.1 degrees Celsius (88.0 °F), on 3 August 1995 and the lowest was -7.1 degrees Celsius (19.2 °F), recorded on 2 January 1979 and also on 13 January 1987.

The climate of Cloyne is mild all year round, with an average of only 6 days frost each year. Snow is almost unknown, especially in recent years, although a fall of 4 cm did occur on January 10, 2010, the first significant snow since March 1993. Rainfall averages around 950 mm (37 in) per annum, with the wettest weather usually occurring between October and January. The driest year ever recorded was in 1975 when 583.7 mms fell, while the wettest was in 2009 with 1433.4 mms.

People

• Cloyne is notable as the native-place of the great Cork hurler, Christy Ring. Christy was born and grew up in Cloyne where he learned to hurl before joining Glen Rovers in Cork city. But he is buried in Cloyne where he is commemorated by a handsome statue. Cloyne now fields a senior hurling team and were runners-up in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship final in October 2004 again in 2005 and again in 2006, making a historic 3 in a row of defeats.
• The philosopher George Berkeley was appointed the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cloyne in 1734, where he remained until his retirement in 1752. His monument is prominent in the north transept of the cathedral. The year after arriving in Cloyne he wrote The Querist, the first of three volumes containing questions on the social and economic problems of Ireland. Further pamphlets on Ireland followed, with appeals for religious toleration. He was known in the town as a dedicated pastor as well as a scholar, who personally ministered to the sick and destitute of the parish.^[6]
• Cork was the birthplace of the great Texas architect, Nicholas Joseph Clayton. Clayton and his widowed mother moved to the United States in the 1840s and eventually to Galveston, Texas. He quickly gained prominence in Galveston and Texas in the 1870s into the 1910s as a talented builder. The historic district of Galveston features many of Clayton's buildings which have survived the ravages of storms and fires through the years.

Places of interest

The village of Cloyne has a round tower which is the village's symbol.

Economy

The land around Cloyne is extremely rich and fertile, being mainly of limestone base. This makes it very suitable for agriculture, with many acres of wheat and barley harvested each year. The underlying limestone rock also gives rise to a spectacular network of caves under and to the south of the town. Cloyne Cave is accessible from the grounds of Cloyne House on Rock Street. (Permission must be sought from the owner as these are private grounds).

Sport

• Cloyne GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

Transport

• Nearest airport Cork Airport

See also

• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Cork)
• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
2. ^ http://www.histpop.org
3. ^ http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census
4. ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A.. Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. 
5. ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850". The Economic History Review 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract 
6. ^ Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. p. 25. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4.