Ballydehob
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Ballydehob () is a coastal village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland. It is 13 km west of Skibbereen and 13 km south of Bantry.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ballydehob
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ballydehob, Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 747988.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main Street
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Cork
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Barony
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Carbery West
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Schull
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- Schull
- Area
- 4
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.ballydehob.ie
- Image
- Ballydehob, Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 747988.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ballydehob
- Irish Grid Reference
- V983339
- historic county
- County Cork
- native label
- Béal an Dá Chab
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Ballydehob () is a coastal village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland. It is 13 km west of Skibbereen and 13 km south of Bantry.
==History== During the Bronze Age (2200-600 B.C.), copper was mined on Mount Gabriel, just west of the village. About the same time, stone circles, wedge and boulder tombs were constructed in the area. The Celts arrived at some later time and in the early historic period, various clans fought for dominance, until the eventual emergence of the McCarthys and O'Mahonys as the rulers of the region. A string of castles was built along the coastline. Kilcoe Castle was the McCarthy's most westerly stronghold and their only coastal foothold. It has since been renovated and rebuilt by its actor owner Jeremy Irons.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballydehob” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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