Skibbereen

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Skibbereen
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: New Bridge Skibbereen - geograph.org.uk - 498403.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: New Bridge over the River Ilen
Settlement.image_shield: Skibbereen Coat of Arms.png
Settlement.shield_size: 150px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: 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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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Toponymy
History
Famine
Media
Sport
Education
Demographics
Culture
Amenities
Notable people
See also
References
External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skibbereen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.