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Kinsale (/ k ɪ n ˈ s eɪ l / kin-SAYL; Irish: Cionn tSáile, meaning 'head of the brine' [2]) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland.Located approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,991 (as of the 2022 census) [1] which increases in the summer ...
The Old Head of Kinsale (Irish: An Seancheann) is a headland near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. A castle has been on the headland since at least the 3rd century, with the current iteration built in 1223. An early lighthouse was established here in the 17th century by Robert Reading.
English: The Memorial Garden at the Lusitania Museum & Signal Tower, Old Head, Kinsale, Ireland.The Cunard passenger liner, RMS Lusitania, bound for Liverpool from New York, sank 12 miles (20 km) away, off the Old Head (the Old Head lighthouse can be seen in the photo at the top right), on 7 May 1915 after being torpedoed by a German U-boat during the First World War. 1198 of the ship's 1959 ...
Kinsale Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinsale, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The district encompasses 65 contributing buildings in the historic core of the village of Kinsale. The district includes primarily residential and commercial buildings dating from the late-19th to early-20th centuries.
It is located at the southern end of the village of Summer Cove, on Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland. [1] First completed in 1682, Charles Fort was sometimes historically referred to as the "new fort" - to contrast with James' Fort (the "old fort") which had been built on the other side of Kinsale harbour before 1607. [2]
James Fort (Irish: Dún Rí Shéamuis) is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland.Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town.
Kinsale (Irish: Cionn tSáile) is a historical barony in south County Cork, Ireland. [1] [2]Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. [3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
The castle was built as the Customs House for Kinsale about the year 1500 by Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond, following the grant of the customs of the port of Kinsale to the Earls of Desmond by King Henry VII in 1497. [4] Presumably there must have been an earlier structure on the site as the 1st Earl was Captain of Desmond Castle.