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SKIBBEREEN , a marketSee also: town of county See also: Cork, See also: Ireland, on the See also: river Ilen about 3 M. from its estuary, 534 M
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S.W. of Cork by the Cork, See also: Bandon and See also: South See also: Coast railway
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Pop
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(1901) 3208
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The river is navigable for small vessels to Skibbereen itself, and for larger ones to Old See also: Court on the estuary; and the town is a flourishing fishing-station
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See also: Trade in corn and other agricultural produce is considerable
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This See also: district suffered terribly in the See also: famine of 1847, and hundreds of victims were buried in pits in the graveyard adjoining the ruined Cistercian cell of Abbeystrowry, a mile west of the town
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The Ilen offers fishing, See also: late in the season, for See also: brown and
See also: sea See also: trout
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The See also: main railway continues south to Baltimore, and a See also: light railway runs to the pleasant seaside See also: village of See also: Skull (or Schull), 15 in
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Skibbereen is governed by an See also: urban district council
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