Kinsale

Kinsale ( Irish: Cionn tSáile, Ausspr / ˌ k'un tɑ ː l' ə /. ) Is a town in County Cork in the south (west ) s of the Republic of Ireland. It is located about 25 km south of Cork City on the coast of the Celtic Sea and has 4099 inhabitants ( 2006).

1601, the Irish troops and the allied Spaniards suffered in the Battle of Kinsale, a defeat against the English. In the 17th and 18th centuries Kinsale was an important naval base. Today, it has a famous marina. The main industry is tourism, which is largely determined by a large tourist information center and more than 30 mainly geared to tourist shops, galleries and restaurants also the cityscape. In the holiday season also festivals are held every year in Kinsale.

Kinsale is one of more than 20 British and Irish Transition Towns that have developed at the suggestion of Permakulturlehrers Rob Hopkins, a program that promote the city and its residents to transition to a more energy intelligent life "away from oil ".

Attractions

  • Old Courthouse - Courthouse with its museum
  • Main Street
  • St. Multose Church
  • Old Head of Kinsale - impressive cliffs (about 8 km from the center )
  • Nohaval Cove - Sea bay with ruins (about 15 km from the center )
  • Called Desmond Castle of 1500, also French Prison
  • Charles Fort - a bastioniertes Fort, which was built in the 1670s by the English occupiers at the site of an earlier Anglo -Norman castle. On the opposite bank lies the ruined James Fort, an earlier structure of 1602. Both fortresses protected the entrance to the located in the mouth of the River Bandon harbor of Kinsale. Charles Fort was built in the following centuries and remained until 1921 British garrison, but was destroyed during the Irish Civil War in part. Since 1973 involved extensive restoration work.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Anne Bonny (c. 1690), Irish rebel and pirate
  • Eileen Desmond (1932-2005), politician (Irish Labour Party )
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