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Glandore (Irish: Cuan Dor, meaning harbour of the oak trees)[1] is the name of both a harbour and village in County Cork, Ireland. Glandore is located about an hour's drive south-west of Cork city.

Glandore

The village has several pubs, with traditional music. It is a holiday destination for Irish holiday makers in particular. Notable homeowners and residents include Margaret Jay, former leader of the House of Lords, and at one time the businessman Tony O'Reilly. The former Church of Ireland rectory (originally called East View),[2] along with Bearna Donn (originally called West View) and Stone Hall were built in the 19th Century by the Allen Family. The village yacht club's headquarters is located near the pier on the Old School Road.


An annual regatta takes place the third weekend of August. Sailing is one of the main attractions to the village, with rowing and swimming also undertaken within the community.[citation needed] The Lar Casey Cup is awarded to the winning Dragon class yacht.[citation needed] In former years there used also be Irish dancing competitions in the village square.

Every 2 years (on odd years) the Glandore Classic Boat Regatta is held during the second week of July.[3]

Geography
History
Wildlife
Sailing
Places of interest Edit
Drombeg stone circle is located 2.4 km (1 mi) (1.5 miles) east of Glandore.[4] There is no entry fee for this site.

Churches Edit
There is a Roman Catholic church one mile away on the Rosscarbery side of the village in the townland of Kilfaughnabeg (meaning "Little church of Faughna"). This church was built circa 1929. The building of a church at another location was abandoned before commencement of the construction of the existing church. The abandoned structure was in Killacoosane. Its erection had been undertaken by Fr. John Power, but the project was abandoned after his death.

Christ Church Church of Ireland church is on the Leap side of the village. It was consecrated in 1861.[6] It contains a bell cast by the Murphy foundry in 1889.

Notable residents Edit
Tony O'Reilly, Chryss Goulandris and family, at one time lived at Shorecliffe, a complex of buildings centred on an old guesthouse at which O'Reilly used to stay with his family. Shorecliffe was sold in the 2000s. Baroness Jay of Paddington, aka Margaret Jay has spent part of every year in her house in the village, Elm Bank, for decades.

Boat racing
Racing using boats or other watercraft

Union Hall, County Cork
Village in Munster, Ireland
For other uses, see Wildflower (disambiguation).
A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is in any way different from the way it appears in the wild as a native plant, even if it is growing where it would not naturally. The term can refer to the flowering plant as a whole, even when not in bloom, and not just the flower.


Five wildflower species occupy less than 1,000 cm² in this photo taken on the eastern slope foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in late July. Pink – Alberta wild rose, white – Western yarrow, blue – Bluebells, showing both pink (immature) and blue (mature) stages), yellow – Arnica cordifolia (Heart-leaved arnica), and red – Red paintbrush

Wildflowers of Western Australia

Wildflowers in Death Valley National Park
"Wildflower" is not an exact term. More precise terms include native species (naturally occurring in the area, see flora), exotic or, better, introduced species (not naturally occurring in the area), of which some are labelled invasive species (that out-compete other plants – whether native or not), imported (introduced to an area whether deliberately or accidentally) and naturalized (introduced to an area, but now considered by the public as native).

In the United Kingdom, the organization Plantlife International instituted the "County Flowers scheme" in 2002, see County flowers of the United Kingdom for which members of the public nominated and voted for a wildflower emblem for their county. The aim was to spread awareness of the heritage of native species and about the need for conservation, as some of these species are endangered. For example, Somerset has adopted the Cheddar Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus), London the Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) and Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych in Wales the rare Limestone Woundwort (Stachys Alpina).

Adonis aestivalis
Anthemis arvensis
Anagallis
Agrostemma githago
Centaurea cyanus
Coreopsis tinctoria
Dianthus barbatus
Digitalis purpurea
Eschscholzia californica
Gypsophila elegans
Glebionis segetum
Lantana spp.
Papaver rhoeas
Silene latifolia
Viola tricolor
Dimorphotheca aurantiaca
Alnus glutinosa
Callirhoe involucrata
Potentilla sterilis
Prunus padus
Petasites hybridus
Ranunculus ficaria
Tussilago farfara
Viola riviniana
Phlox drummondii
Ulmus sp.