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{{Infobox town
|name=Crookstown
|irish=An Baile Gallda
|county=Cork
|picture=Castles of Munster- Clodah, Cork - revisited (1) (geograph 3716394).jpg
|picture caption=Clodah Castle, south Crookstown
|os grid ref= W428659
|latitude=51.842454
|longitude=-8.8313341
|census year=2016
|population=245
|postcode=P14
|dialling code=021
|constituency=Cork North-West 
|website=
}}
'''Crookstown''' is a small village in [[County Cork]], about seven and a half miles east of the town of [[Macroom]] and about half a mile off the N22 [[Cork]]-[[Killarney]] road. It had a population of 245 as of the 2016 census.

The Irish name, ''An Baile Gallda'', means 'The town of the invader or foreigner'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/129496.aspx | publisher=Placenames Database of Ireland | website=logainm.ie | title=An Baile Gallda / Crookstown | access-date=25 March 2011}}</ref>

==History==
To the south of Crookstown village is the ruin of the 16th century Clodagh Castle, once home to one of the branches of the McSweeney clan.<ref name=ccc>[https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-11/CCC%20Castles%20low%20res.pdf Cork County Council - Heritage Castles of County Cork] (2017) page 156</ref> Another ruined castle, Castlemore Castle or Dundrinan Castle, stands to the north of the village.<ref name=ccc/><ref>[https://www.castles.nl/castlemore-castle Castlemore Castle]: castles.nl</ref>

Crookstown Road railway station, located close to Castlemore Castle approximately a mile from the village centre, operated as a stop on the Cork and Macroom Direct Railway from 1866 until services on the line ceased in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web | title=Crookstown Road station | publisher=Railscot - Irish Railways | website=railscot.co.uk | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=6 January 2020 }}</ref>

Crookstown House, an estate house owned by the Warren family was burnt-out by the IRA in June 1921, during the Irish uprising. It was later rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=3158| work=Landed Estates Database | publisher=National University of Ireland Galway | title=Warren (Crookstown) | access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>

A large mill, built c.1810 at Bellmount close to the village, was once economically important to the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20908333/bellmount-mills-bellmount-lower-county-cork | publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website=buildingsofireland.ie | title=Bellmount Mills, Bellmount Lower, County Cork | access-date=6 January 2020 | quote=Bellmount Mill is a reminder of the former economic prosperity of Crookstown, and once played a significant role in the local community }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kilmurrymuseum.ie/Articles/kilmurry-hidden-gems-tour-notes-heritage-week-2017/ | publisher=Kilmurry Museum | website=kilmurrymuseum.ie | title=Heritage Week 2017 | date=2017 | access-date=6 January 2020 | quote=Howard’s Flour Mill/Bellmount Mills [..] was built in 1810 and was operational until 2001 }}</ref> The area is now better known for its brick and concrete factory at Castlemore.

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