Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Castletownsend

Castletownsend, seaport vil., Castlehaven par., 6 miles SE. of Skibbereen ry. sta., S. co. Cork, pop. 954; P.O. Market-day, Saturday. Fishing is the chief industry. The seat of the Townsends is adjacent.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport village"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Cork County
Place: Castletownsend

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