KILFAUGHNABEG

In 1868, the parish of Kilfaughnabeg contained the following places:

"KILFAUGHNABEG, a parish in the barony of Carbery East, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Ross Carbery, its post town. It is 2 miles long by 1 mile broad, and extends along the E. side towards the head of Glandore Harbour. The interior is traversed by the road from Ross Carbery to Skibbereen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ross, value £115, in the patronage of the bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Kilmacabea. There are two day schools. Glandore is the principal residence. Slate, manganese, and copper are found."

"GLANDORE, a post village and bathing place in the barony of East Carbery, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles W. of Roscarbery. It stands on the E. shore of Glandore harbour, and is a place of growing importance, with a coastguard station, a good school, and a dispensary within the Skibbereen Poor-law Union. There are several residences surrounding the locality, the principal of which is Glandore House. The castles of Glandore and Kilfinnan would warrant the supposition that the place was formerly of some importance, but for a long period it ranked as a poor village, until the discovery here of copper and manganese, and the establishment of an excellent fishery. The copper was obtained from a neighbouring bog, the turf of which being found highly impregnated with copper, was reduced to ashes. The harbour indents the coast about 4 miles N.W. of Galley-Head. It affords anchorage to vessels of 300 tons, and has a pier and quay at the village. Within it lies the Island of Squince and the Adam's Isles. A tower stands on the headlands of Filneshawk. On entering the harbour the scenery is very striking, and is the subject of "Carberiæ Rupee," a poem written by Swift, who stayed here some time."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018