Rylane

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Village in Munster, Ireland

Rylane Reighleán an Rince
Village
51°59′02″N 08°50′27″W / 51.98389°N 8.84083°W / 51.98389; -8.84083
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Elevation	635.238 ft (193.621 m)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Eircode (Routing Key)	P32
Irish Grid Reference	W432811

Rylane Cross (Irish: Reighleán an Rince) is a village in County Cork, Ireland.^[1] The town is situated roughly midway between Millstreet and Cork city, north of Macroom in the parish of Aghabullogue.

Ringfort

A ringfort was depicted on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), truncated on the northeast side by roadway, with external fosse (ENE->N) shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map; on 1938 OS 6-inch map as hachured raised area (diam. c. 40m) with external fosse, entrance to the southeast. Two ramparts with intermediate fosse and entrance to the southeast (Wth 24 feet) were recorded by Hartnett (1939, 85). According to local information leveled late 1970s.^[2]

Transport

Rylane is served by a single Bus Éireann bus service daily, which is timed to get commuters and school children into Cork in the morning and back in the evening. There is also a twice weekly bus service to Macroom. The nearest railway station is Millstreet railway station on the Mallow–Tralee line, 20 km away.

People

Johnny Tom Gleeson (1853–1924), Irish poet and songwriter who wrote the ballad "The Bould Thady Quill" (c.1895), was born in Rylane.^[3]

References

^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Dublin City University. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ "Archaeological Survey Database". National Monuments Service. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Chisman, James A. (1994). Johnny Tom Gleeson. Cork, Ireland: The Three Spires Press.