Cloich na Coillte

Clonakilty derives from the Irish Cloich na Coillte, where 'cloch' refers to stone or stone buildings and 'coillte' means woods. The name evolved from the earlier territorial designation Tuath na gCoillte (the tuath or district of the woods), a ten-mile strip of fallow woodland that separated the baronies of Ibane and Barryroe in medieval times. The modern town was established by charter in 16...