History of West Cork

class="apple-converted-space"> Bantry. The closure of the railway is still a grievance for many in the area. The narrow gauge Schull and Skibbereen Railway closed in 1947. Nowadays the main infrastructural backbone is provided by the N71 and R586 routes.

Other towns in West Cork include Bantry, Dunmanway, Skibbereen, Ballydehob, Castletownbere and Macroom (perhaps the most northern area described as West Cork).

A large part of the area is contained within both the Catholic and Church of Ireland Dioceses of Ross. These Dioceses no longer exist separately but are part of the largerDioceses Cork & Ross (&Cloyne in the case of Church of