Aherla

Aherla (Irish: An Eatharla)^[2] is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, with a population of 562.^[1] It is in the townlands of Aherla More and Rathard. Aherla is built on a limestone shelf typical of County Cork's ridges and valleys. The village is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.

Aherla An Eatharla
Village
Aherla Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°51′26″N 8°44′20″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Population  (2022)[1]	562
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

The area has a number of historical sites and is part of the parish of Kilmurry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross.^[3] Though the population of the village is predominantly Roman Catholic,^[1] it has a Church of Ireland church, but no Catholic church.

Geography

The village of An Eatharlach (The Glen) is situated in Kilbonane, Muskerry East, in south County Cork.^[4] It lies between Cork City and Macroom - each being approximately 20 km away. Cloughduv and Crookstown are 4 km and 6.5 km respectively to the west, Farran 3.5 km to the north and Killumney 5 km at the Cork and Ballincollig side. The village of Aherla sits between the hills that frame the Bride River valley.

Notable people

Notable residents from the area have included:

• Daphne Pochin Mould (1920-2014), author and scientist.^[5]
• Siobhán McSweeney (born 1979), actress and comedian.^[6]
• Eoghan an Mhéirín Mac Cárthaigh (1691–1756), poet and historian.^[7]