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Skibbereen
Sign in to saveSkibbereen (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork on the N71 national secondary road. The River Ilen runs through the town; it reaches the sea about 12 kilometres away, at the seaside village of Baltimore. Located in a tourist area, Tragumna beach is nearby.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Skibbereen
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- New Bridge Skibbereen - geograph.org.uk - 498403.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- New Bridge over the River Ilen
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- Skibbereen Coat of Arms.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 150px
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- Ireland
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- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Cork
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
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Skibbereen (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork on the N71 national secondary road. The River Ilen runs through the town; it reaches the sea about 12 kilometres away, at the seaside village of Baltimore. Located in a tourist area, Tragumna beach is nearby.
The town of Skibbereen, sometimes shortened to "Skibb", is in the Cork South-West Dáil constituency, which has three seats. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 2,903.