Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rosscarbery

Rosscarbery, vil., Ross par., S. co. Cork, on Rosscarbery Bay, 12 miles E. of Skibbereen sta. and 22 SW. of Bandon, pop. 693; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Rosscarbery was the seat of the diocese of Ross, which was united to that of Cork in 1584; the cathedral is used as the parish church.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cork IrlC
Place: Rosscarbery

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