Baile an Chaisleáin

Baile an Chaisleáin, meaning 'town of the castle', accurately describes the village's origins centred on a 17th-century fortification. The area held earlier significance in Irish history, known in ancient times as Glanbarrahane, named after a rocky glen associated with St. Barrahane, a 5th-century hermit saint. Following the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, the Townsend family (originally Townesend) ...