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CLONAKILTY
, a seaport and See also:market See also:town of Co
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See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, at the See also:head of Clonakilty See also:Bay, 33 M
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S.W. of Cork on a See also:branch of the Cork, See also:Bandon & South See also:Coast railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 3098
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It was brought into prosperity by See also:Richard See also:Boyle, first See also:earl of Cork, and was granted a See also:charter in 1613; but was partly demolished on the occasion of a fight between the See also:English and Irish in 1641
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It returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:union
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In the 18th See also:century there was an extensive See also:linen See also:industry
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The See also:present See also:trade is centred in See also:brewing, See also:corn-milling, See also:yarn and See also:farm-produce
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The See also:harbour-mouth is obstructed by a See also:bar, and there is a See also:pier for large vessels at See also:Ring, a mile below the town
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The See also:fisheries are of importance
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