Curraghbinny
Curraghbinny (Irish: Corra Binne),[1] also sometimes spelled Currabinny or Currabinney,[2] is a townland in County Cork, Ireland.[3] Located on Cork Harbour near Ringaskiddy and with an area of 2.4 square kilometres (240 ha), it is a townland in the barony of Kerrycurrihy.[3] As of the 2011 census, Curraghbinny townland had a population of 155 people.[4]
Lough Beg Bird Reserve and Curraghbinny Wood are located in the area.[2][5] Curraghbinny Wood, a forested amenity of approximately 35 hectares (86 acres), contains the remains of a Bronze Age cairn which is known locally as the "giant's grave".[6][7][8] The cairn, which was subject to excavation in the 1930s (during which cremated human remains and a bronze ring were found), was restored in the 1990s.[8][9] There is a plaque to the Irish-Canadian politician, William Warren Baldwin, within the wood.[10][11]
There is a large pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific from GlaxoSmithKline for €90m in 2019, in Curraghbinny townland.[12]