Minane Bridge


Minane Bridge is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the townland of Minane, 20 km south of Cork city and 5 km south of Carrigaline. The local church is Sacred Heart Church of Tracton Abbey Parish. Minane Bridge is part of the Cork South-Central.

History

Minane Bridge is home to the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in the diocese of Cork and Ross. Built in 1755, it was restored in 1836. The Tracton parish is the ancestral home of 1916 GPO patriot, Diarmuid Lynch, who is buried in the graveyard of Tracton Abbey; a Roman Catholic monastery that was in the area in medieval times having been founded in 1224.

Sport

Minane Bridge is home to Tracton GAA club and Tracton Athletic Club; Tracton AC.
In recent years the "Tour de South Coast", a locally organised charity fund raising cycle sportive taking in local sights, has been growing in popularity.