Skibbereen Hotels & Information

Skibbereen is a town in Ireland. The name "Skibbereen" (often shortened to "Skibb") means "little boat harbor." The river Ilen which runs through the town reaches the sea at Baltimore.

At the height of the Great Irish Famine in 1847 the body of an unnamed boy, taken for dead, was placed in a coffin in the Town Square and conveyed for burial to the Abbey Cemetery. As he was lowered into the pit, the youth regained consciousness and walked unaided from the grave. It is probable that some 8,000-10,000 Famine victims are buried in the Famine Burial Pits of Abbeystrewery Cemetery.

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