Skibbereen
Skibbereen is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork on the N71 national secondary road. The River Ilen runs through the town; it reaches the sea about 12 kilometres away, at the seaside village of Baltimore. As of the 2011 Irish census, the population of the town (not including the rural hinterland) was 2,568. The town of Skibbereen, sometimes shortened to "Skibb", is in the Cork South-West Dáil constituency, which has three seats.
Skibbereen is located on the River Ilen in West Cork. In his book The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1869), the historian Patrick Weston Joyce suggests that the Irish place name Sciobairín or Scibirín derives from the small boats or skiffs (scibs) that were common on this stretch of the river.
Skibbereen is located on the River Ilen in West Cork. In his book The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1869), the historian Patrick Weston Joyce suggests that the Irish place name Sciobairín or Scibirín derives from the small boats or skiffs (scibs) that were common on this stretch of the river.
Map - Skibbereen
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Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), an independent state covering five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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| EN | English language |
| GA | Irish language |