A Short introduction to the Area

Cuireadh go Uibh Laoire

Iveleary is the second largest parish in Cork (after Bantry), and is an old land of beauty and history. The villages of Inchigeelagh and Toon's Bridge are nestled along the River Lee valley, surrounded by mountains ranges on either side by acres of forest, a 5 mile stretch of lakes fed by fast flowing streams. The history of Iveleary is on many ways a micrcosm of the history of Ireland. There are sites, monuments and artefacts from the earliest ages, to the recent past. As the parish name suggests, the O'Leary clan are the dominant family in the region. Cotter, Creedon, Kelleher and Lucey also feature strongly with the usual Cork splattering of McCarthys and O'Sullivans.

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An dara parióste ba mhó in gContae Chorcaí (i ndiaidh Beanntraí) is séa Uibh Laoire gleoite. Eirionn Abhainn na Laoí agus sheolann se trí na Locha Allua idir na Sléithe Sheithe i dtreo chathair Chorcai. Caillte san regúin ailinn seo idir na cnoc, ábhainn agus foraiseacha, ta na sráid bailte Inse Geimhleach agus Droichead an Tuain. Tá stair fada is suimúil ag an dúchais seo. Is feidr súil siar ó am Chu Cuchlainn go ti an lá atá ínniú ann san timpeallacht seo. Ta Ráthanna, Crannóg, Caisleain, Carraig an h-Aifreann, Teach Mor agus séipeal cáite timpeall an gceantar go léir. Teaghlacht O'Laoire (O'Laoighaire) atá i gceannais an ait le na ceadté bliain anuas, le chabhair ó MacOitir, O'Luasa, O'Ceilleachair agus ó cuid dos na O'Suilleabháin agus MacCárthaigh atá mór impeall Corcaigh.

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