Kilcoe, parish, West Carbery barony,
Southwest co Cork, Ireland, 4½ miles west of Skibbereen ;
acreage 5,272. The parish lies round the north-eastern shores of
Roaringwater Bay, and includes some small islands in that bay. The
soil is rough, and consists chiefly of bare rocks of clay-slate,
with small patches of light soil on a clay-slate base, which have
been almost created by manuring. The parish church was built in
1830. On a tongue of land stand the ruins of Kilcoe Castle, a
stronghold of the McCarthys, the remains consisting of a large
square tower with a small turret.
Population: 909.
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