•  Clonakilty, County Cork

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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Clonakilty like this:

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.

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