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Skibbereen (/ ˌskɪbəˈriːn /; Irish: An Sciobairín) [2] 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 name Skibbereen is thought to have derived from ‘skiff’, a type of boat used for crossing the river. Prigg and Hall renamed it New Stapleton; however, it soon reverted to ‘Dear Old Skibbereen’.
Sep 13, 2011 · The name Skibbereen is thought to have derived from ‘skiff’, a type of boat used for crossing the river. Prigg and Hall renamed it New Stapleton; however, it soon reverted to ‘Dear Old Skibbereen’.
- The name “Skibbereen” is thought to have derived from ‘skiff’, a type of boat used for crossing the river.
- Prior to 1600 most of the land belonged to the native McCarthy tribe who were the overlords but the O’Driscolls also reigned there – today McCarthy remains the town’s most common surname.
- At the height of the famine in 1848, the body of an unnamed boy, taken for lifeless was placed in a coffin in the Town Square and conveyed for burial to the Abbey Cemetery.
- Skibbereen was one of the worst-affected areas in Ireland during the Great Famine and up to 10,000 Famine victims are buried in the Famine Burial Pits of Abbeystrowry Cemetery.
Skibbereen is one of the most famous songs to emerge from the time of the Irish Famine and the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848. The verses are written in the form of a conversation between a father and his son.
However, as a historical society our job is not to ponder the future, but to recall the past. The origin of the current success of local rowing lies with the Skibbereen Rowing Club, which was founded in 1970. But that date is by no means the beginning of the story of rowing on the Ilen River.
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Skibbereen has often been referred to as the ‘Capital of the Carberies’ and its central location along the N71 makes it the perfect base from which to explore the many surrounding harbours and villages.
