Aghada

Not to be confused with Aghadoe, Killarney townland.

Aghada (Irish: Áth Fhada, meaning 'long ford') is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland.^[2] It is situated on the eastern side of Cork Harbour, around 12 km by road south of Midleton.

Aghada Áth Fhada
Village
Lower Aghada Pier
Aghada Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°50′N 8°13′W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Dáil Constituency	Cork East
EU Parliament	South
Population  (2022)[1]	1,159
	(includes the bordering villages of Rostellan and Farsid)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid reference	W855656

The civil parish of Aghada consists of several small villages and townlands including Saleen, Rostellan, Farsid, Upper Aghada, Lower Aghada, Whitegate, Guileen and Ballinrostig. There are several amenity sites in the area, including Rostellan Woods and Saleen Creek, as well as a number of beaches such as Inch Bay, White Bay, and Guileen Strand. Aghada is within the Cork East Dáil constituency.

Aghada power station was originally built in the early 1980s and produced up to 577 MW through the burning of natural gas and diesel. An additional gas-powered 430 MW CCGT unit was completed in 2010,^[3] making Aghada station one of the largest power stations in the Republic of Ireland.^[4]

There is a Presbyterian church in Upper Aghada.^[5] During World War I the Royal Munster Fusiliers (reserves) were garrisoned in Aghada, and there was a United States Naval Air Station in the area.^[6] William Cosgrove, a World War I recipient of the Victoria Cross, is buried in Upper Aghada cemetery.^[7]

Sport

The area has a tennis club^[8] and is the home to the Aghada GAA club. The Aghada ladies' football team won the 2024 county championship (Cork LGFA), beating Éire Óg in the final.^[9]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Aghada

Notable people from the area include Gaelic football manager Conor Counihan,^[10] footballers Pearse O'Neill and Kieran O'Connor,^[11] and brothers Declan and Ciaran O'Shea of the rock band Cyclefly.^[12]

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. April 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
2. "Áth Fhada / Aghada". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
3. "Aghada - Power Stations - About ESB". esb.ie. Electricity Supply Board. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
4. "New power station becomes Ireland's largest". breakingnews.ie. Landmark Digital. 31 May 2010.
5. "Aghada Presbyterian Church". presbytery.ie. Dublin & Munster Presbytery. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
6. "United States Naval Air Service in Cork, Ireland". corkshipwrecks.net. Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
7. "Aghada Old Cemetery - CO-AGDO-072 - Cosgrove". historicgraves.com. Historic Graves. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
8. https://www.munstertennis.ie/lower-aghada.html
9. Ger McCarthy (20 October 2024). "Aghada capture county title after overcoming Éire Óg on free kicks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
10. "Conor Counihan: You always challenge yourself to see can you bring the team forward". the42.ie. Journal Media. 10 October 2012.
11. "Club football games pick of the bunch". corkindependent.com. Cork Independent. 9 August 2013.
12. "B-Side the Leeside: Quite the ride to Woodstock '99 for Cyclefly". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.