Castletownshend
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox settlement Castletownshend (Template:Irish place name)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a village about Template:Cvt south-east of Skibbereen, in County Cork, Ireland. The village developed around a small 17th-century castle built by Richard Townsend.
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fulacht fiadh, standing stone and bullaun stone sites in the townlands of Castletownsend, Drishane, Gurranes and Farrandau.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The modern village developed around a fortified country house, originally built by Richard Townsend Template:Circa, which was extended in the 19th century.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The main street of the town, lined with large homes from the 18th century, runs down a sharply sloped hill leading to Castlehaven Harbour and the castle.
Drishane House, another large country house which is historically associated with the Somerville family, dates to the Template:Circa.<ref name="drishane">Template:Cite web</ref>
The village's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church, the Church of St Barrahane, was built in 1827 and overlooks the town.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The local Catholic church, also dedicated to Saint Barrahane, was built Template:Circa to the northwest of the village.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
As of the 2022 census, Castletownshend had a population of 164. Of these, 73.2% were born in Ireland, 17.1% in the United Kingdom, 1.2% in Poland, 4.9% in other EU countries excluding Ireland and Poland, and 3.7% in the rest of the world.<ref name="census2022">Template:Cite web</ref>
People
- Edith Somerville (1858–1949) lived in Castletownsend. She was one half of the writing duo Somerville and Ross, who together authored the Irish RM series of humorous novels on Irish life in the early 1900s.<ref name="drishane"/>
- Sir Patrick Buckley (1841–1896), who became Attorney-General of New Zealand, was born in the area.<ref name="DNZB Buckley">Template:DNZB</ref>
See also
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