A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Clonakilty, seaport, market town, and township, Kilgariff par., S. co. Cork, at head of C. Bay, 9 miles S. of Enniskean ry. sta., 15 SW. of Bandon, and 33 SW. of Cork-township, 1086 ac., pop. 3676; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday. The town originally owed its importance to Richard Boyle, first Earl of Cork. It has several corn and flax mills. Owing to the bar at the entrance to the harbour, large vessels discharge their cargoes at a quay 1 mile below the town. In the neighbourhood are some Druidical remains resembling those of Stonehenge.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seaport, market town, and township" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Cork IrlC |
| Place: | Clonakilty |
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