Year | Record | Source |
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1853 | Griffith's | Ask About Ireland |
1853 | Griffith's | Failte Romhat |
1835 | Tithe | Cork Gen |
1835 | Tithe | FHL |
1835 | Tithe | NAI |
Districts | Baronies |
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Skibbereen
| West Carbery Eastern Division
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A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (Lewis, 1837)
•Abbeystrowry is the monastery of the streams. Prior to Mainistir na Sruthra, earlier spellings included Mainistir Inchrie and Inse an Ri.
•The Abbeystrowry part of Skibbereen was called Bridgetown and belonged to the Townsends.
Circa | Events |
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???? | Luth Ith (ancestor to O'Driscoll) ruled the Corkalee territory. |
1172 | The abbey was a sub-branch of the Cistercian Abbey de Sancto Mauro in Myross, founded by Desmond king Dermot McCarthy on that date. |
1500's | The parish belonged to the Clan Tadhg Ilen McCarthys during Tudor times, with most of it later passing to the Coppingers. |
1751 | John Beecher built Hollybrook demesne in Maulbrack. |
1843 | Daniel O'Connell held his monster meeting in Curragh. |
1840's | The Skibbereen workhouse - and the famine burial pits - were located in this parish. |