Rosscarbery
Sign in to saveRosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rosscarbery
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rosscarbery Cork - Keep drinking the stout (geograph 4955168).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Exterior of pub in Rosscarbery
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Cork
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- North Square, Ross Carbery in 1985 - geograph.org.uk - 2841818.jpg
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- P7959
- County Cork
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Religion
- Places of interest
- Square
- Beaches
- Estuary
- Antiquities
- Transport
- Sport
- People
- Annalistic references
- See also
- References
- External links
Rosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats.
==History== The area has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic period, as evidenced by several Neolithic sites such as portal dolmens. The area is also home to a number of Bronze Age remains, including a number of stone circles and ring forts. There are two inscribed stones in Burgatia, and several (later) holy wells nearby.