| Year | Record | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1853 | Griffith's | Ask About Ireland |
| 1853 | Griffith's | Failte Romhat |
| 1825 | Tithe | Cork Gen |
| 1825 | Tithe | FHL |
| 1825 | Tithe | NAI |
| Districts | Baronies |
|---|---|
| Skibbereen
| West Carbery Eastern Division
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A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (Lewis, 1837)
•Most of this parish comprised the O'Driscoll territory of Glanbarraghan (Glenn Bearcháin), and a small part of the parish was part of the O'Driscoll Mór territory of Collymore.
•Lettertinlish has a ring fort called Lisfahy, probably deriving its name from Clan Fathaidh O'Driscolls.
•Lissarankin was Lios Ui Annrachain, O'Hourihane's fort.
•Toe Head was Tuath Mhuinnter Doirc - tribeland of the O'Durks.
•Visit Castlehaven & Myross at Cork Ancestors.
| Circa | Events |
|---|---|
| ???? | Luth Ith (ancestor to O'Driscoll) ruled the Corkalee territory. |
| 1199 | A church in Killangal is referenced in an old Papal Document. |
| 1500's | Centuries of warfare with Sullivans, Donovans, McCarthys, and Mahonys eventually confined the Driscolls to Collybeg, Collymore, and Castlehaven areas. |
| 1600's | Colonel Richard Townsend built a castle. He served as M.P. for Baltimore in 1661. |
| 1602 | Spanish soldiers landed in Castlehaven to prepare for the Battle of Kinsale. Red Hugh O'Donnell fled to Spain from the harbour. After the Siege of Dunboy, George Carew captured the Clan Dermod McCarthy castle at Lettertinlish, which was then turned over to the Coppingers in 1612. |
| 1690 | Cornelius O'Driscoll attacked the mansion of Castle Townshend. |
| 1833 | Two civilians and two policemen were killed in Lickowen (Traligagh) during one of the last tithe war battles in west Cork. |
| 1843 | Jeremiah Rossa O'Donovan's wife Ellen Buckley was born in Gortbrack. |
| 1863 | Ellen Buckley O'Donovan Rossa, born in Gortbrack in 1843, died. |
| 1870 | The first bolting mill in Carbery was built in Rinneen, part of Carrigtishane. |