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| ⚫ | '''Aghadoe''' ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Achadh |
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[[File:Aghadoe cathedral April 2010.JPG|thumb|Aghadoe Cathedral from the northwest in 2010]] |
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| ⚫ | {{Use Irish English|date=June 2021}}'''Aghadoe''' ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Achadh an Dá Eó'') is a large [[townland]]<ref name="rootsweb.ancestry.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eirlker/aghadoe1.html |title=Aghadoe Civil Parish & Townland Map |website=County Kerry Genealogy |accessdate=1 November 2017 |via=Ancestry.com}}</ref> overlooking the town and lakes of [[Killarney]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Officially it is also a parish,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~dinglemaps/genuki/KER/Aghadoe/map.htm |first=Laurence |last=Jones |title=Maps of Aghadoe Parish |website=Eircom.net |date=12 July 2004 |accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.from-ireland.net/ker/lewis/aghadoe.htm |title=Ireland, Civil Parishes, Aghadoe (from "Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland", 1837) |first=Jane |last=Lyons |website=From-Ireland.net |accessdate=8 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018201623/http://www.from-ireland.net/ker/lewis/aghadoe.htm |archivedate=18 October 2010 }}</ref> although the parish is larger than the area normally associated with the name.<ref name="rootsweb.ancestry.com" /> The area is famous for its views of the lakes and islands, including [[Innisfallen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gp-associates.co.uk/news_1.php |title=Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa |website=GP Associates |accessdate=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512033247/http://www.gp-associates.co.uk/news_1.php |archivedate=12 May 2008 }}</ref> The ruins of 13th century [[Parkavonear Castle]] and of [[Aghadoe Cathedral]], an old [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church in ruins, make the spot popular with [[tourist]]s and [[archaeologist]]s.<ref name="all-ireland.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.all-ireland.com/attractions/munster/kerry/aghadoe.htm |title=Aghadoe Heights Church & Roundtower, Parkavonear Castle |website=All-Ireland.com |accessdate=12 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707112521/http://www.all-ireland.com/attractions/munster/kerry/aghadoe.htm |archivedate=7 July 2011 }}</ref> |
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== History == |
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During the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Irish Famine]], the abbey or church of Aghadoe's churchyard was the designated burial site for famine and fever victims. London editor Charles Mackay travelled to Killarney in the summer of 1849 and notes that the churchyard itself was small (less than one acre), with a corner reserved for burials from Killarney's workhouse. It was "one of three where paupers are interred". From 1846 to 1849 Mackay estimates that close to 2,000 famine victims were buried at Aghadoe. They have "all [been] interred in one very small corner" of the cemetery. The "first glance shows the traveller in the midst of what a Golgotha he stands. In the wretched corner set apart for the paupers the earth is covered with deal planks and fresh remnants of coffins in shocking profusion".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mackay|first=Charles|title=Forty Years' Recollections of Life, Literature, and Public Affairs: From 1830 to 1870, Volume 2|publisher=Chapman & Hall|year=1877|location=Piccadilly|pages=89-95}}</ref>{{wide image|Cropped panorama Aghadoe view.jpg|1000px|Panoramic view from Aghadoe}} |
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* [[List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland#County Kerry|List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kerry)]] |
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 3 January 2024
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Aghadoe (Irish: Achadh an Dá Eó) is a large townland[1] overlooking the town and lakes of Killarney in Ireland. Officially it is also a parish,[2][3] although the parish is larger than the area normally associated with the name.[1] The area is famous for its views of the lakes and islands, including Innisfallen.[4] The ruins of 13th century Parkavonear Castle and of Aghadoe Cathedral, an old Romanesque church in ruins, make the spot popular with tourists and archaeologists.[5]
History
[edit]Aghadoe takes its name from Achadh an Dá Eó, which is Irish for "the place of the two yew trees".[5]
During the Irish Famine, the abbey or church of Aghadoe's churchyard was the designated burial site for famine and fever victims. London editor Charles Mackay travelled to Killarney in the summer of 1849 and notes that the churchyard itself was small (less than one acre), with a corner reserved for burials from Killarney's workhouse. It was "one of three where paupers are interred". From 1846 to 1849 Mackay estimates that close to 2,000 famine victims were buried at Aghadoe. They have "all [been] interred in one very small corner" of the cemetery. The "first glance shows the traveller in the midst of what a Golgotha he stands. In the wretched corner set apart for the paupers the earth is covered with deal planks and fresh remnants of coffins in shocking profusion".[6]
Annalistic references
[edit]- AI939.1 Kl. Repose of Aed son of Mael Pátraic, abbot of Achad Deó.
- AI1010.5 Mael Suthain Ua Cerbaill {of Eóganacht}, eminent sage of Ireland, rested in Christ in Achad Deó.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aghadoe.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aghadoe Civil Parish & Townland Map". County Kerry Genealogy. Retrieved 1 November 2017 – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ Jones, Laurence (12 July 2004). "Maps of Aghadoe Parish". Eircom.net. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Lyons, Jane. "Ireland, Civil Parishes, Aghadoe (from "Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland", 1837)". From-Ireland.net. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa". GP Associates. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Aghadoe Heights Church & Roundtower, Parkavonear Castle". All-Ireland.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ Mackay, Charles (1877). Forty Years' Recollections of Life, Literature, and Public Affairs: From 1830 to 1870, Volume 2. Piccadilly: Chapman & Hall. pp. 89–95.