Kealkill

Kealkill (Irish: An Chaolchoill)[1] is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, located 10.3 kilometres from Bantry and 75.8 kilometres from Cork City.

Its amenities include a church, a shop, a school, a community playgroup, two public houses and a GAA club (St Colum's).

Visitors to the circle can view Bantry Bay to the west, Cnoc Baoi to the north and the Sheha Hills to the east.

A series of walks connect the circle to Carriganass Castle and the Sheep's Head Way.

On Wednesday 19 April 1922, the first fatalities of the Irish Civil War occurred in Kealkill when two soldiers of the Republican IRA (Anti Treaty) army were killed.