Bandon is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the River Bandon between two hills. The name in Irish means 'Bridge of the Bandon', a reference to the origin of the town as a crossing point on the river. In 2004 Bandon celebrated its quatercentenary. The town, sometimes called the Gateway to West Cork, had a population of 8,196 at the 2022 census. Bandon is in the Cork South-West constituency, which has three seats.
Earl of Bandon was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Francis Bernard, 1st Viscount Bandon. He had already been created Baron Bandon, of Bandon Bridge in the County of Cork, in 1793, Viscount Bandon, of Bandon Bridge in the County of Cork, in 1795, and was made Viscount Bernard at the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. The titles descended from father to son until the death of his great-grandson, James, the fourth Earl, in 1924. The late Earl was succeeded by his first cousin twice removed, Percy Bernard, the fifth Earl. The latter was the great-grandson of the Right Reverend Charles Bernard, Bishop of Tuam, younger son of the second Earl. The fifth Earl was an Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force. He had two daughters but no sons and on his death in 1979 the titles became extinct.
Ballinhassig is a village in County Cork, Ireland, situated 10.6 km (6.6 mi) south of Cork City just off the N71 Bandon road and near the source of the River Owenabue.
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR), was an Irish gauge railway in Ireland. It opened in 1849 as the Cork and Bandon Railway (C&BR), changed its name to Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway in 1888 and became part of the Great Southern Railway (GSR) in 1924.
James Francis Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon, KP, was a British Deputy Lieutenant in Ireland and Irish representative peer. Bernard was a cousin of the Earl of Midleton, who was head of the southern Irish Unionist Alliance at the time of the Anglo-Irish War, 1919–21.
Turners Cross is a ward on the south side of Cork City in Ireland, and home to the Roman Catholic parish of the same name.
The twin villages of Ballineen and Enniskeane, or Enniskean, in County Cork in Ireland are 43 km (26.72 mi) southwest of Cork City, on the R586 road. The linear settlement lies on the River Bandon between Bandon and Dunmanway. The combined settlement is designated as a 'key village' by Cork County Council for planning purposes and, as of the 2016 census, had a population of 692 people.
Junction railway station was just outside the village of Crossbarry, on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
The Schull and Skibbereen Railway was a minor narrow gauge railway in County Cork, Ireland. It opened in 1886 and closed in 1947. The track gauge was a 3 ft narrow gauge. The formal name of the company was The West Carberry Tramways and Light Railways Company Ltd.
The Cork City Railways were constructed in 1911 and opened in 1912 to connect the Irish standard gauge systems north and south of the River Lee in Cork, Ireland.
Aughaville railway station, also called Aghaville, served the townland of Aghaville in County Cork, Ireland.
Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon was an Irish peer and politician.
Cork Albert Quay railway station was on the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Waterfall railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Ballinhassig railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Bandon railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Bandon West railway station was on the West Cork Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Durrus Road railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Bantry railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
Bantry Town railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
