Qualla: Blackrock, Cork https://qualla.com/blackrock-cork en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Blackrock, Cork https://qualla.com/blackrock-cork Blackrock, Cork: Introduction https://qualla.com/blackrock-cork/ The hurling club is called the Rockies, and they have won 32 Cork senior championships - more than any other club on the island. That fact tells you what kind of place Blackrock is. It is a Cork suburb now, swallowed by the city decades ago, but it still acts like a village. There is a square. There is a Sunday farmer's market. There is a castle on the river. There is a graveyard where the man who invented Boolean algebra is buried, in the grounds of St Michael's Church of Ireland on Church Road. Five kilometres from Cork city centre and stitched into it, Blackrock keeps a clear sense of where its edges are.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/blackrock-cork-wp/gc4p-blackrock-cork-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Blackrock, Cork: From Fishing Village to Suburb https://qualla.com/blackrock-cork/ Blackrock was once a small fishing village distinct from Cork, separated by fields and the curve of the River Lee. As Cork expanded south and east through the 19th and 20th centuries, the fields disappeared and the village became a suburb. The transition wasn't accidental - in 18...

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