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Castletownshend
Baile an Chaisleáin | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 51°32′N 9°11′W / 51.533°N 9.183°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Cork |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 196 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Castletownshend (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin, literally "town of the castle")[2] is a village about 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Skibbereen, in County Cork, Ireland. The village developed around a small 17th-century castle built by Richard Townsend, whose descendants still reside there.