Gneeveguilla
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Gneeveguilla Gníomh go Leith
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 Gneeveguilla
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| Coordinates: 52°07′01″N 9°16′19″W / 52.117°N 9.272°WCoordinates: 52°07′01″N 9°16′19″W / 52.117°N 9.272°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 256 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Gneeveguilla, officially Gneevgullia (Irish: Gníomh go Leith), is a small village in the Sliabh Luachra region of East County Kerry, Ireland. It lies about 19 km (12 mi) east of Killarney, close to the County Kerry/County Cork border.
Gneeveguilla is situated in a region of scenic undulating hills and valleys and serves a rural hinterland consisting of dairy farms, pastureland and peatland. The beautiful agricultural environment around Gneeveguilla includes the townlands of Coom (Lower and Upper), Bawnard, Gullaun, Mausrower and Lisheen. At Mausrower, there used to be a large quarry in the early part of the 20th century, the remnants of which can be easily seen today as one approaches from the Killarney direction towards Lower Coom. Hence the junction at Lower Coom being known as the Quarry Cross.
The nearest market town to Gneeveguilla that hosts cattle marts and street markets is Castleisland, toward the direction of Tralee; Knocknagree, a village much nearer just across the County Cork border beyond Lisheen, used to host cattle marts in earlier times but mart activity there ceased with greater use of motor vehicles.
The climate of Gneeveguilla is temperate, being similar that of the rest of the South West of Ireland, with continuously variable weather coming in from the Atlantic Ocean. In Winter it is often cooler than in Killarney (situated in a valley beside the Lakes of Killarney) due to the terrain of Gneeveguilla being some hundreds of metres more elevated than Killarney. Hence a few times during the Winter it is not uncommon for there to be no snow in Killarney, and yet just a relatively short distance away, near impassable snowbound conditions in Gneeveguilla. However snowy conditions typically persist for only some days at the most. Winter snow persists the longest on the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's largest and highest mountain range to the West of Killarney, which can be seen from Gneeveguilla on clear days.
In the 19th century Gneeveguilla was the scene of a devastating event known as the Moving Bog. On the night of Sunday 28 December 1896, after a prolonged period of bad weather, sleeping families were awakened by a strange earthquake-like sound. When daylight broke, to their horror they realised that over 200 acres (0.81 km2) of bogland was on the move in a southerly direction, taking everything before it. It followed the course of the Ownachree river into the river Flesk. The bog continued to move until New Year's Day and came to rest covering hundreds of acres of pastureland. The Moving Bog claimed all but one member of an entire family and their livestock.
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