🇮🇪 Clonakilty, sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is located at the head of the tidal Clonakilty Bay. The rural hinterland is used mainly for dairy farming. The town is a tourism hub in West Cork, and was recognised as the "Best Town in Europe" in 2017, and "Best Place of the Year" in 2017 by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Clonakilty is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats.
Clonakilty has a population of over 4,592 people. Clonakilty also forms part of the wider Cork County which has a population of over 542,868 people.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Clonakilty has links with:
🇫🇷 Châteaulin, FranceClonakilty is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: 🇵🇱 Prudnik 🇨🇾 Yeniboğaziçi 🇰🇷 Sangju 🇵🇱 Sierpc 🇮🇹 Città Sant'Angelo 🇮🇹 Acqualagna 🇮🇹 Barga 🇳🇱 Alphen Chaam 🇧🇪 Lens 🇮🇹 Amalfi 🇮🇪 Clonakilty 🇩🇪 Schwetzingen 🇮🇹 Novellara 🇯🇵 Kesennuma 🇨🇳 Yaxi 🇮🇹 Caiazzo 🇮🇹 Sperlonga 🇵🇱 Morąg 🇵🇹 Viana do Castelo 🇦🇹 Horn