Clondulane’s surviving buildings record an industrial village whose mills depended on river power, railway transport and the labour of local households.
⊕Recorded locationClondulane52.14212° N · 8.21975° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
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Recorded forms
Cluain Dalláin· Irish · main form
Clondulane· English · main form
Place & story
People & connections
Robert Briscoe and the Blackwater mills
Samuel Lewis described extensive flour mills at Clondulane in 1837, built by the late Earl of Mountcashell. A dam across the Blackwater at Poul-Shane supplied their water power. Robert Briscoe of Fermoy operated the works, which employed about thirty people and could produce more than twenty thousand bags of flour annually. These figures place milling at the centre of the local economy, using the river to process grain from a district largely devoted to tillage.[2]
A railway complex built for goods
Clondulane's former station, dating from around 1870, forms a group with a water tower, goods sheds and a five-storey flour store. Rusticated limestone gives the station a substantial appearance, while the water tower retains its cast-iron tank. The larger warehouse and flour store demonstrate the volume of goods associated with the mills. Together, these buildings show how passenger facilities and the practical handling of grain and flour were combined at a small rural station.[3][4]
Housing beside the industry
A terrace of four houses in Clondulane South dates from around 1890 and was probably built for workers at the nearby mills. Its mixture of one- and two-storey sections gives it an unusual profile. Brick surrounds emphasise the front doors and windows, while small gardens separate the houses from the road. The National Inventory treats the terrace as a rare rural industrial grouping, preserving the domestic side of a landscape more visibly marked by warehouses and milling remains.[5]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Clondulane — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
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Clondulane, Cork
Published census settlement populations
417people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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