placenamesDunkerron South
Dún Ciaráin Theas
Sneem’s nineteenth-century fairs traded flannel and frieze alongside farm animals.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Ciaráin Theas · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dunkerron South · English · main form
Place & story
A harbour village and its inland connections
Sneem held seven fairs a year for farming stock, flannel and frieze when Samuel Lewis described it in 1837. Fishing vessels were the principal users of its harbour at the head of the river estuary. A recently established penny post connected the village with Kenmare, while a road towards Cameduff pass was still under construction through boggy ground. Lewis thus records both existing trade and a transport improvement that remained unfinished. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunkerron South. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Sneem: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.