Rockchapel

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Rockchapel is a small village in the northwest of County Cork, Ireland, near the Mullaghareirk Mountains.

Much of the land close to the village is planted with coniferous trees, mainly of lodgepole pine and Sitka spruce. This was largely facilitated by financial funding from the national forestry company Coillte through its grant support scheme. The area is famous for its traditional musical heritage. The G.A.A is the most popular sport in the area especially football.

The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter. Rockchapel forms half a parish in the diocese of Cloyne, the other half of the parish being Meelin. Knockaclarig, a townland in Rockchapel, is part of the Kerry diocese even though the townland is in County Cork.

Rockchapel got its name from the penal times in Ireland when the Catholic religion was banned in Ireland. Mass was said on a rock in a remote area.