placenamesFair Hill
Cnocán an Aonaigh
Personal recollections and sporting history preserve different aspects of life on Cork’s Fair Hill.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cnocán an Aonaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Fair Hill · English · main form
Place & story
Remembering the green
In memories published in 2023, Michael Ryan described growing up in one of six bungalows near Moriarty’s post office halfway up Fair Hill. Children and adults played together on the central green. He recalled neighbours collecting money for Bonfire Night sweets and lemonade, then bringing out chairs for singing while children danced around the fire. [2]
Mick Kennefick
Hurler Mick Kennefick grew up on Fair Hill and attended Gerald Griffin Technical School, part of the North Monastery. He helped form the youthful Gerald Griffins club in 1939 before joining St Finbarr’s. In 1943 he captained Cork to the All-Ireland senior title at nineteen. A wrist injury the following year brought his playing career to an early end. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Cork
- Within
- Cork
- Civil parish
- Saint Mary's, Shandon
- Within
- Saint Mary's
- Within
- Commons
- Coordinates
- 51.91724, -8.49420 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 129521 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fair Hill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Memories of when I was a boy in Fair Hill, Cork city (1 June 2023) · Michael Ryan, recollections reported by Jo Kerrigan
- A Cork hurling legend... and his career ended at 21 (7 July 2024) · Diarmuid O’Donovan
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.