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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 555 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CLONAKILTY , a seaport and See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town of Co. See also:

Cork, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

south See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, at the See also:

head of Clonakilty See also:

BAY

Bay, 33 M. S.W. of Cork on a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Cork, See also:

BANDON, or BANDONBRIDGE

Bandon & South See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast railway. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (1901), 3098. It was brought into prosperity by See also:

Richard See also:

Boyle, first See also:

EARL

earl of Cork, and was granted a See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1613; but was partly demolished on the occasion of a fight between the See also:

ENGLISH

English and Irish in 1641. It returned two members to the Irish See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament until the See also:

union. In the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century there was an extensive See also:

LINEN

linen See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. The See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

trade is centred in See also:

BREWING

brewing, See also:

corn-milling, See also:

YARN

yarn and See also:

FARM

farm-produce. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour-mouth is obstructed by a See also:

bar, and there is a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier for large vessels at See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring, a mile below the town. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are of importance. A ruined See also:

church on the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Inchdorey, and castles on See also:

GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

Galley Head, at Dunnycove, and at Dunowen, together with a See also:

stone circle, are the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal antiquities in the neighbourhood.

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