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Tower (Irish: Teamhair) (Ordnance Survey Ireland name Model Village) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, northwest of Cork city. It is 3 km from Blarney and the two villages are merging along the R617 road and are dormitory towns for Cork city.
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Map of Tower, Co. Cork, Ireland
History
The 1845 Ordnance Survey map shows a hamlet called Tower Village at the junction of the townlands of Coolflugh, Kilnamucky, and Cloghphilip in the civil parish of Matehy. By 1902, the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway branch line to Blarney had a station at Tower Bridge. This prompted development of a model village by O'Mahony builders along what is now the Model Village Road. There was further growth in the Celtic Tiger era, with the population growing by 116% between the censuses of 1991 and 2002. It grew more slowly thereafter, reaching 3306 in 2011.
Features
Tower is in the Roman Catholic parish of Inniscarra. It has the largest Centra supermarket in Ireland. There are two pubs: The Huntsman and Aunties Bar. Housing estates include Seanacloc, Oakmount, Laureston Crescent and Gleann Na Ri.