Farranree
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Farranree
Fearann an Rí | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Farranree Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′49″N 8°29′01″W / 51.9135°N 8.4835°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Administrative area | Cork (city) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Farranree (Irish: Fearann an Rí)[1] is a mainly residential townland and suburb in Cork, Ireland. It is bordered by the larger suburbs of Blackpool, Churchfield and Fairhill.
As of the early 20th century, Farranree was a rural area to the north of Cork City.[citation needed] It had a large field called "Fairfield" to which farmers from around County Cork brought their cattle for sale.[citation needed] Beside it were smaller fields where farmers would spancel their cattle as they waited to be sold. This area, on the hillside beside the "Fairfield", was called Spangle or Spancel Hill.[citation needed]
Cork Corporation subsequently developed a number of housing schemes in the area, which was then known as Spangle Hill.[citation needed] From the 1930s, the city gradually began to expand and houses were built in areas such as Farranferris (1939 & 1951), Fairfield (1956), Knockpogue (1956), Knockfree (1959/1960) and Closes (1961).[citation needed]
In 1957, the Catholic Bishop of Cork, Cornelius Lucey, commenced construction on a new church in the district.[2] Built as one of several "rosary churches", intended to serve the expanding city, it was called the Church of the Resurrection.[2]