Place:Castletownbere, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

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NameCastletownbere
Alt namesBaile Chaisleáin Bhéarrasource: Wikipedia
Castletown Bearhavensource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-31
Castletown Beresource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeTown
Coordinates51.65°N 9.917°W
Located inCounty Cork, Republic of Ireland
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Castletownbere[1] is a town in County Cork in Ireland. It is located on the Beara Peninsula by Berehaven Harbour. It is also known as Castletown Berehaven.

A regionally important fishing port,[2] the town also serves as a commercial and retail hub for the local hinterland. Located on the Wild Atlantic Way, tourism is also important to the local economy.[3]

The area is the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1943 novel Hungry Hill named after the nearby mountain of the same name.

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