Newtownshandrum

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Village in Munster, Ireland

Newtownshandrum Irish: Baile Nua Sheandroma
Village
52°20′49″N 8°46′05″W / 52.347°N 8.768°W / 52.347; -8.768
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Population (2016)^[1]	394
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Newtownshandrum (Irish: Baile Nua Sheandroma)^[2] is a small village in County Cork, Ireland located 6.5 kilometres (4 mi) west of Charleville on the R515 road. The name translates from Irish to mean 'new town of the old ridge'. Historic maps from 1829 to 1841 and 1897–1913 identify the village as Newtown. Newtownshandrum is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.

Education

Shandrum National School is a co-educational primary school located in the village. As of 2019, the school had approximately 140 pupils with five mainstream teachers, and two special education teachers.^[3]

Sports

The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is Newtownshandrum GAA Club.

References

^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Newtown". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Baile Nua Sheandroma / Newtownshandrum". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Shandrum National School" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.