Carriganima or Carriganimmy (Irish: Carraig an Ime) is a village in the Barony of Muskerry, County Cork, Ireland, situated approximately 9 km northwest of Macroom and 9 km south of Millstreet on the R582 road. The village lies in a valley between the Boggeragh and Derrynasaggart mountain ranges.
The River Foherish
The Foherish rises on the eastern slopes of Mullanghanish and as an upper tributaries of the river Lee forms the furthest north west corner of the
river Lee water basin. As the Foherish flows eastwards it is joined on the left bank by the Garrane .
The Keel flows southwards along the Millstreet-Carriganima road and meets the Foherish just downstream of Pike bridge.
The Carriganima stream flowing past the Old Creamery joins just east of the village.
From here if flows in a south east ward direction under the N22 Macroom - Killarney where it joins the Sullane 4km west of Macroom
The River Foherish
The Foherish rises on the eastern slopes of Mullanghanish and as an upper tributaries of the river Lee forms the furthest north west corner of the
river Lee water basin. As the Foherish flows eastwards it is joined on the left bank by the Garrane .
The Keel flows southwards along the Millstreet-Carriganima road and meets the Foherish just downstream of Pike bridge.
The Carriganima stream flowing past the Old Creamery joins just east of the village.
From here if flows in a south east ward direction under the N22 Macroom - Killarney where it joins the Sullane 4km west of Macroom
This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930's
Con Walsh inducted into Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame
Sept 2018 - Great weekend for the Walsh family of Carriganima at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Toronto, Canada
Everyone in Carriganima National School would like to congratulate the Walsh family of Carriganima on achieving this great award in Toronto.
The 2018 Awards Gala and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony took place on Saturday 29th September 2018,
at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Click on the links below featured in the Irish Examiner and Millstreet.ie website
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/hammer-hero-and-cork-gaa-star-con-walsh-is-the-toast-of-canada-873372.html
http://www.millstreet.ie/blog/2018/10/04/con-walsh-inducted-into-athletics-ontario-hall-of-fame
http://www.millstreet.ie/blog/2012/08/11/con-walsh-olympic-bronze-medalist
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/hammer-hero-and-cork-gaa-star-con-walsh-is-the-toast-of-canada-873372.html
http://www.millstreet.ie/blog/2018/10/04/con-walsh-inducted-into-athletics-ontario-hall-of-fame
http://www.millstreet.ie/blog/2012/08/11/con-walsh-olympic-bronze-medalist
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Con Walsh - 1908 Olympic Games
Cornelius E. "Con" Walsh (April 24, 1881 – December 7, 1961) was an Irish Canadian athlete who represented Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Carriganima in 1881 He won a bronze medal in the hammer throw, finishing third behind fellow Irishmen John Flanagan and Matt McGrath, both of whom represented the United States. Another Irishman, Robert Kerr also represented Canada at the same games. Walsh had earlier played Gaelic football and represented Cork and also competed for both the Irish American Athletic Club and the New York Athletic Club. He was part of a group of Irish weight throwers that were collectively known as the “Irish Whales.” In 1910, Walsh set the record for throwing the 56 pound weight for height, breaking Pat McDonald’s record by throwing the weight 16 feet 7/8 inches high at the second annual athletic meet of the New York Press Club Athletic Association.
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In 2008, there was a plaque unveiled in his honour in the centre of Carriganima village. Ireland's 2008 Olympian Olive Loughnane unveiled the plaque. The extended Walsh family were present at the ceremony to acknowledge the feat of Con Walsh’s bronze medal win at the 1908 Olympic Games.
Children from Carriganima National School pictured in Carriganima village in 2016.
(Avril, Ben, Christopher, Keela, Lydia, Maya, Minuk, Owen, Robin)
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(Avril, Ben, Christopher, Keela, Lydia, Maya, Minuk, Owen, Robin)
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Carriganima - Homeland of an tAthair Peadar O'Laoghaire
Peadar Ó'Laoghaire was born in April 1839 in Carriganima, County Cork and grew up speaking Munster Irish in the Muskerry Gaeltacht. He was an Irish writer and Catholic priest, who is regarded today as one of the founders of modern literature in Irish.
He became a parish priest in Castlelyons in 1891 and it was there that he wrote his most famous story, Séadna, and told it as a fireside story to three little girls. Séadna was the first major literary work of the emerging Gaelic revival.
The plot of the story concerns a deal that the shoemaker Séadna struck with "the Dark Man".
Apart from Séadna, Ó'Laoghaire wrote and autobiography called Mo scéal Féin (My Own Story).
Peadar Ó'Laoghaire became known for his support for caint na ndaoine, the real Irish of the people rather than any attempt to revive older forms of Irish. He strongly promoted Cork Irish as what he saw as the best form of Irish for the Irish people.
He became a parish priest in Castlelyons in 1891 and it was there that he wrote his most famous story, Séadna, and told it as a fireside story to three little girls. Séadna was the first major literary work of the emerging Gaelic revival.
The plot of the story concerns a deal that the shoemaker Séadna struck with "the Dark Man".
Apart from Séadna, Ó'Laoghaire wrote and autobiography called Mo scéal Féin (My Own Story).
Peadar Ó'Laoghaire became known for his support for caint na ndaoine, the real Irish of the people rather than any attempt to revive older forms of Irish. He strongly promoted Cork Irish as what he saw as the best form of Irish for the Irish people.
Art O'Laoire
Click here to view article by Niall O'Brien in Duhallow Today Magazine - March 2018
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