Lightford

Lightford is a locality in County Cork, Munster. Lightford is situated nearby to the locality Crann Na Smol, as well as near Abbeystrowry.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skibbereen Town Hall and Abbeystrewry Church.

Skibbereen Town Hall

Town hall

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Skibbereen Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square at Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. It is currently used as a community events venue, hosting concerts and theatre performances.

Abbeystrewry Church is an Anglican church located in Skibbereen, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. It was completed in 1890. It is part of Abbeystrewry Union of Parishes in the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

St. Patrick's Cathedral or Skibbereen Cathedral in Skibbereen, Ireland, is parish of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Cork and Ross. It was the seat of the former Diocese of Ross, but lost cathedral status when the see was merged with the Diocese of Cork in 1958.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skibbereen and Castletownshend.

Skibbereen

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skibbereen is a village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland. An Sciobairín means "the little boat harbour" - it would have to be a small boat to get this far up the River Ilen.

Castletownshend

Castletownshend is a village in County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's a tiny place, just a single street leading down to the harbour, with a population of 167 in 2022.

Baltimore

Photo: georama, CC BY 3.0.

Baltimore is a village in County Cork near the southwest tip of Ireland. The harbour is large, and sheltered by islands - several are inhabited and are also described on this page.

Lightford

Type: Locality
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.53739° or 51° 32′ 15″ north

Longitude

-9.27388° or 9° 16′ 26″ west

Elevation

45 metres (148 feet)

Open location code

9C3GGPPG+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3541330264

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3296434

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