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Castletown-Kinneigh

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Summary

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Castletown-Kinneigh
native_name	Baile Chaisleáin Chinn Eich
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Kinneigh Round Tower 1.JPG
image_caption	Kinneigh Round Tower
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Munster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Cork
unit_pref	Metric
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish grid reference

Castletown-Kinneigh (), also known as Castletownkenneigh or simply as either Castletown or Kinneigh, is a small rural village near Ballineen in County Cork, Ireland. Castletown village has one pub.

History

St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Castletown

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Castletown, Garland and Sleenoge.

In Sleenoge townland, to the west of Castletown village, is a round tower. Kinneigh Round Tower, which dates to the early 11th century, is within an earlier 7th century monastic enclosure associated with St. Mocholmóg. It is protected as a national monument and maintained by the Office of Public Works. The tower was used as a bell tower for a period for the nearby St. Bartholomew's Church. This Church of Ireland church is in the Kinneigh Union of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

The local Catholic church, in Enniskeane & Desertserges Parish within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross, contains an altar sculpture by John Hogan which dates to 1845.

Sport

The area is home to the Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's GAA club, which was founded in 1968. The local soccer team, Castletown Celtic FC, has historically played in the West Cork League, a twelfth level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system.

An autograss track, associated with the Cork Autograss Racing Club, is located near the village.

In July 2024, the Castletownkenneigh area hosted the All-Ireland road bowling championships.

References

"Baile Chaisleáin Chinn Eich / Castletown Kinneigh". Placenames Database of Ireland.
(1992). "Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork". Government Stationery Office.
"Kinneigh Round Tower". Office of Public Works.
Crawford, Henry S.. (30 June 1927). "The Round Tower of Kinneigh, Co. Cork". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
"Kinneigh - St Bartholomew".
(10 September 2017). "Castletown Church reopens".
"Our Club - History".
(5 May 2025). "Tributes to 'beautiful girl' who died in crash at race event in Cork".
(14 July 2024). "Report: 1st Series All Ireland Finals - Castletownkenneigh July 2024". Ból Chumann na hÉireann.

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