Rosscarbery (Irish: Ros Ó gCairbre, meaning 'Cairbre's wood')[2] is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland.

[3] The hereditary chieftains of the area, or tuath, were the O'Learys, known as Uí Laoghaire Ruis Ó gCairbre, until it passed to Norman control in the early thirteenth century.

[4] The entire region had belonged to the ancient Corcu Loígde, of whom the O'Learys were one of the leading septs.

[8] As a tourist area, there are a number of holiday homes around Rosscarbery,[1] which results in an annual swell in population during summer months.

[citation needed] The Church of Ireland's dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross were effectively merged during rationalisation in the 1860s.

St Fachtna's is the smallest cathedral in Ireland, and is the size of a typical parish church.

Extensive coastal erosion at Warren Beach resulted in remedial works being undertaken throughout 2004 and 2005.

At the west end of the causeway, south of the main road is a small lagoon with reed beds.