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Tracton (Irish: Trácht Fhionn)[1] is a civil parish in southeast County Cork in Ireland. Lying roughly 7 kilometres south of Carrigaline, it lies within the Dáil constituency of Cork South-Central.[citation needed] The area is named after Tracton Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was in the area in medieval times.[2]
Tracton GAA club, based close to the village of Minane Bridge, won the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1991.[3]
Irish Republican Diarmuid Lynch was born in Tracton.[4]
References
- ^ "Trácht Fhionn / Tracton". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Tracton". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S Lewis & Co.
- ^ "A History of Tracton GAA". tractongaa.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Tracton's Irish hero (book review)". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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