Kealkill () is a small village in

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, located 10.3 kilometres from

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula i ...

and 75.8 kilometres from

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. Its amenities include a church, a shop, a school, a community playgroup, two public houses and a

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club ( St Colum's).

History

Stone circle

Kealkill stone circle is an archaeological site with a very small 5-stone recumbent stone circle, a pair of outlier standing stones, and the remains of a radial stone cairn. Breeny More Stone Circle also stands nearby, while

Maughanasilly Stone Row Maughanasilly Stone Row is a stone row and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. Location The stone row is located to the northeast of Lough Atooreen, on the eastern slopes of Knockbreteen, north of Kealkill. Another stone circl ...

is in the hills to the north. Visitors to the circle can view Bantry Bay to the west, Cnoc Baoi to the north and the Shehy Hills to the east. A series of walks connect the circle to Carriganass Castle and the

Sheep's Head Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary (), is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland. The peninsula is popular with walkers, and the Sheep's Head Way is a ...

Way.

Irish Civil War

On Wednesday 19 April 1922, the first fatalities of the

Irish Civil War The Irish Civil War (; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Emp ...

occurred in Kealkill when two soldiers of the Republican IRA (Anti Treaty) army were killed. These were volunteers Kelly and Cronin, both from nearby

Notable residents

* Rowland Robert Teape Davis (b. 1807), advocate of Catholic emancipation,

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and New Zealand working class agitator. * Alan O'Connor (b. 1985), Cork senior footballer and All-Ireland Senior football winner in 2010.

References

Towns and villages in County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub

History

Stone circle

Irish Civil War

Notable residents

See also

References