Castletown-Kinneigh

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Castletown-Kinneigh
Irish: Baile Chaisleáin Chinn Eich
County Cork

Kinneigh Round Tower
Location
Grid reference: W327573
Location: 51°45’51"N, 8°58’30"W
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Local Government

Castletown-Kinneigh is a small, rural village near Ballineen in County Cork.

The village has a round tower which is one of only two such towers in County Cork (the other being at Cloyne in the east of the county).

The village itself has one pub, owned by the O'Callaghan family.

Sport

  • Football: Castletown Celtic FC
  • Gaelic sports: Diarmuid O'Mathuna GAA Club, which was founded in Cookie O'Callaghan's Bar in 1968.

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