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A look at Abbeystrewy, Skibbereen in the 1840s

A look at Abbeystrewy, Skibbereen in the 1840s

ABBEYSTREWRY, a parish, in the union of Skibbereen, Eastern division of the barony of West Carbery, county of Cork, and province of Munster; containing, with part of the market and post town ofSkibbereen, 6225 inhabitants. This parish is near the southern coast, on the road from Cork to Baltimore,and is intersected by the river lien. It contains 9396 statute acres ;...