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project, the Artist Retreat in the former village of Cill Rialaig, and the Arts Centre in the village of Dun Geagan. The project is led, since its foundation in the 1990s, by local resident
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is situated on the western shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, on a narrow promontory which is subject to heavy erosion. The castle was constructed by the
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in the 16th century to protect the bay from pirates, and possibly in order to charge a tariff on incoming trade vessels.
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Baile an Sceilg

Ballinskelligs is located in Ireland
51°49′33″N 10°16′20″W / 51.825885°N 10.272217°W / 51.825885; -10.272217
Ireland
Province
Munster
County
County Kerry
Irish Grid Reference
V429657
http://www.visitballinskelligs.ie
Irish
townland
civil parish
County Kerry
Ireland
Iveragh peninsula
Gaeltacht
Poor law union
Cahersiveen
Skellig Islands
Skellig Michael
Little Skellig
transatlantic telegraph cable
Tor Bay, Nova Scotia

Ballinskelligs Castle
MacCarthy Mór dynasty

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