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The new Catholic Church was built in 1839. A fine Market House was built in 1845 and the school was built in 1846. In the year 1849 the village of Churchtown was completed. To this day it remains largely intact. Churchtown creamery was built in the year 1889. It was owned and worked by a number of farmers known as the Churchtown Creamery Co.
Churchtown (Irish: Brugh Thuinne) [2] is a village in County Cork, Ireland. ... The area that now comprises the parish of Churchtown was settled at least 4,000 years ...
The area was settled at least 4,000 years ago as evidenced by the discovery of a bronze axe head in the parish. The ruins of the pre-Reformation Church in the village graveyard date back over 1,000 years and the Pipe Roll of Cloyne records its history.
The area that now comprises the parish of Churchtown was settled at least 4,000 years ago. A Bronze Age axe head discovered in the parish is evidence of such settlement. Much of the village, which consisted primarily of thatched houses, was burned by the Whiteboys in January 1822 during an attack on the police barracks.
Extracts from the Parish Booklet published for the 25th Anniversary in 1982. Sunday, March 24th 1957 was a good day for Churchtown. It was the day of the Blessing and opening of a new Church, for a new and rapidly growing area, evidenced by the number of prams, go-carts and young families who gathered to welcome Dr. McQuaid on that day.
The glebe-house near it was built in 1814, by aid of a gift of £400 and a loan of £210 from the same Board. There are two glebes, comprising together 24 acres, valued at £2 per acre. In the R.C. divisions the parish is also the head of a union, co-extensive with that of the Established Church; there are chapels at Dysart and Conragh.
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CHURCHTOWN HOUSE AND THE CROFTS FAMILY. The Crofts family first settled at Velvetstown, near Buttevant in 1691. The place was then called Ballyvilla Vakie. George Crofts of the same family settled at Churchtown in 1700. He was MP for Charleville and was expelled from Parliament for giving his services to King James.
