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Skibbereen (/ ˌ s k ɪ b ə ˈ r iː n /; Irish: An Sciobairín) [2] is a town in County Cork, Ireland.It is located in West Cork on the N71 national secondary road.The River Ilen runs through the town; it reaches the sea about 12 kilometres away, at the seaside village of Baltimore.
Map of West Cork. West Cork (Irish: Iarthar Chorcaí) [1] is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland.As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administrative area of Cork County Council, [2] and includes the towns of Bantry, Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Schull and Skibbereen, and the 'key villages' of Baltimore, Ballydehob, Courtmacsherry ...
Castletownshend (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin, literally "town of the castle") [2] is a village about 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Skibbereen, in County Cork, Ireland. The village developed around a small 17th-century castle built by Richard Townsend, whose descendants still reside there.
This is a sortable table of the townlands in the barony of West Carbery (E.D.), County Cork, Ireland. [1] [2] Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the barony, and also where a townland is known by two alternative names.
Ballydehob (Irish: Béal an Dá Chab, meaning 'mouth of the two river fords') [2] is a coastal village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland. It is 13 km west of Skibbereen and 13 km south of Bantry.
Courtmacsherry (Irish: Cúirt Mhic Shéafraidh, meaning 'MacSherry's Court'), [2] often referred to by locals as Courtmac, is a seaside village in County Cork, on the southwest coast of Ireland. It is about 30 miles southwest of Cork, and 15–20 minutes drive east from the town of Clonakilty. The village consists of a single long street on the ...
Before its sale in 2003, Lissadell was the only house in Ireland to retain its original Williams & Gibton furniture, which was made especially for the house and designed to harmonise with Goodwin's architectural vision. Lissadell's was the first country house in Ireland to have an independent gas supply piped into the property. [2]
Tragumna (Irish: Tráigh Omna, meaning 'strand of the oak (trunk)') [1] is a small hamlet and beach located in the civil parish of Castlehaven about 5 km from the town of Skibbereen in County Cork, Ireland. The small beach at Tragumna overlooks a tiny island, Drishane Island, which is about 100 metres offshore.