Mayfield, Cork
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Name
The area was originally called Baile na mBocht in Irish and Anglicised as "Ballinamought".[2] A number of works, including those of etymologist and historian Patrick Weston Joyce, translate Baile na mBocht as "town of the poor [people]".[2][3] Other sources translate it as "town of the sick",Template:Fact as the area was reputedly the site of a medieval leper colony.[3] A path leading from the area towards the river, known in Irish as Siúl na Lobhar (literally 'Lepers Walk') is known in English as "Lover's Walk".[4]
Geography
Mayfield is 3 km north-east of the city centre. It is bounded to the north by the Glen River Valley, an aquiferous geological formation produced by a receding glacier during the last ice age. Habitats, flora and fauna within the area include the small cudweed and the sand martin, a migratory bird species that returns from North Africa each spring to breed in the porous sand cliffs along sections of the river valley north.Template:Fact
Notable people
- Michael Davitt, poet[5]
- Dara Murphy, former Lord Mayor of Cork[6]
- Roy Keane, Irish footballer, was born and grew up in Mayfield[7]
- James Coughlan, Irish rugby union player for MunsterTemplate:Fact
- Kieran Murphy, former Cork senior hurling captainTemplate:Fact
See also
References
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