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Castletownshend

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Summary

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Castletownshend
native_name	Baile an Chaisleáin
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Castletownshend - St Barrahane's Church - 20220918173242.jpeg
image_caption	Castletownshend village seen from St Barrahane's Church
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
population_as_of	2022
population_footnotes
population_total	164
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish grid reference

Castletownshend () is a village about 8 km south-east of Skibbereen, in County Cork, Ireland. The village developed around a small 17th-century castle built by Richard Townsend.

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fulacht fiadh, standing stone and bullaun stone sites in the townlands of Castletownsend, Drishane, Gurranes and Farrandau.

The modern village developed around a fortified country house, originally built by Richard Townsend , which was extended in the 19th century. The main street of the town, lined with large homes from the 18th century, runs down a sharply sloped hill leading to Castlehaven Harbour and the castle.

Drishane House, another large country house which is historically associated with the Somerville family, dates to .

The village's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church, the Church of St Barrahane, was built in 1827 and overlooks the town. The local Catholic church, also dedicated to Saint Barrahane, was built to the northwest of the village.

Demographics

As of the 2022 census, Castletownshend had a population of 164. Of these, 73.2% were born in Ireland, 17.1% in the United Kingdom, 1.2% in Poland, 4.9% in other EU countries excluding Ireland and Poland, and 3.7% in the rest of the world.

People

Edith Somerville (1858–1949) lived in Castletownsend. She was one half of the writing duo Somerville and Ross, who together authored the Irish RM series of humorous novels on Irish life in the early 1900s.
Sir Patrick Buckley (1841–1896), who became Attorney-General of New Zealand, was born in the area.

References

"Baile an Chaisleáin / Castletownshend". Placenames Database of Ireland.
(1992). "Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork". Government Stationery Office.
"The Castle, Castletownsend, Castletownshend, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"Drishane House, Cross Street, Drishane, Castletownshend, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"Saint Barrahane's Church (Castlehaven), Castletownsend, Castletownshend, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"St. Barrahane's Roman Catholic Church, Fahouragh, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"Census Mapping - Towns: Castletownshend - Population Snapshot". CSO.
{{DNZB. Bellam. Michael. 2b48. Buckley, Patrick Alphonsus. 28 September 2013

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