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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Skibbereen is referenced by 462 other articles, and connects out to United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IE, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Former urban districts in the Republic of Ireland, Skibbereen and Towns and villages in County Cork.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Cork
- Area
- 8.59
- Elevation
- 5
- Official website
- skibbereen.ie
- Image
- New Bridge Skibbereen - geograph.org.uk - 498403.jpg
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- Commons category
- Skibbereen
- Irish Grid Reference
- W119334
- historic county
- County Cork
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- An Sciobairín
- twinned administrative body
- Penmarch
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Famine
- Media
- Sport
- Education
- Demographics
- Culture
- Amenities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skibbereen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations