placenamesCastletownbere
Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra
Castletownbere is a townland in Cork. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationCastletownbere51.65087° N · 9.92193° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra · Irish · main form
- Castletownbere · English · main form
- Castletown Bearhaven · English · main form
- Castletown Bere · English · main form · local name
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Bear
- Civil parish
- Killaconenagh
- Coordinates
- 51.65087, -9.92193 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 8795 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castletownbere. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.