Castlelyons Caisleán Ó Liatháin
Village
St Nicholas's Cemetery, Kill-Saint-Anne, Castlelyons
Castlelyons Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°05′20″N 8°14′02″W / 52.089°N 8.234°W / 52.089; -8.234
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Population  (2016)[1]	374
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Castlelyons (Irish: Caisleán Ó Liatháin)^[2] is a small village in the east of County Cork, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Barrymore.^[3] The name is derived from a stronghold of the Uí Liatháin - an early medieval kingdom. It is situated 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Fermoy. In the 2016 census it recorded a population of 374. Castlelyons is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork East.

There are two stone bridges that cross the River Bride into the village - one a small footbridge and the other a bridge which was part of the entrance into Barrymore Castle - the seat of the Earls of Barrymore. The parish has two churches at Bridesbridge and Coolagown, and also has a castle, two abbeys, a mausoleum, two holy wells, and many other historical sites.

History

The Catholic parish of Castlelyons today is made up of three main districts - Coolagown, Britway and Castlelyons/Bridesbridge. Three quarters of the parish extend along the banks of the River Bride.^{[citation needed]}

Castlelyons Friary existed between the 14th and 18th centuries.^{[citation needed]}

During the English Civil War, the Battle of Castlelyons in 1645 was fought near the village.^{[citation needed]}

Sport

Hunting, shooting and fishing are popular in the area and there is both a gun club and an angling club.^{[citation needed]} The also village has a pitch and putt course.

The village has squash courts and a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) pitch. Castlelyons GAA is the local GAA club.

People

• Thomas Kent, an Irish nationalist court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 2 May 1916, in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.
• William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, the celebrated mathematician, born here in 1620.