Skibbereen, a market-town of the county of Cork, Ireland, 54 miles SW. of Cork, at the terminus of a branch-line, with a little trade in agricultural produce. It suffered terribly during the famine of 1846-47. Pop. 3631.
Skibbereen
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 487
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