Clonakilty

Clonakilty occasionally shortened to Clon is a city in County Cork, Ireland. The metropolis is placed at the top of the tidal Clonakilty Bay. The rural hinterland is used especially for dairy farming. The metropolis's population as of 2016 changed into 4,592. The town is a tourism hub in West Cork, and become recognized as the Best Town in Europe in 2017 and Best Place of the Year in 2017 via the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

Clonakilty is within the Cork South West constituency, which has 3 seats. The Clonakilty place has a number of ancient and pre Celtic web sites, inclusive of Lios na g Con ringfort. Norman’s settlers later built castles within the area, and a number of Norman surnames survive to the current. In 1292, Thomas De Roach acquired a charter to keep a marketplace every Monday at Kilgarriffe then known as Kyle Cofthy or Cowhig's Wood, close to wherein the present metropolis now stands.