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Castletownshend
Baile an Chaisleáin | |
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Village | |
 Castletownshend village seen from St Barrahane's Church | |
  Castletownshend Location in Ireland | |
| 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.
- ^ "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Castletownshend". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland. Baile an Chaisleáin Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Verified 2011-02-11.