Clonakilty's Oldest Buildings, Part 1

What is the oldest building in Clonakilty? It’s an impossible question to answer for certain. A line from Only Fools & Horses comes to mind when local road sweeper, Trigger, is in the pub celebrating after being given a medal for using the same brush for 20 years when he says:

“mind you, the broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles”.

The only difference for the buildings that we are about to discuss is that they are at least likely to incorporate elements of the early structure.

In the first of several articles, we will identify the oldest Civic building. Later we are going to suggest a number of possibilities for the oldest residence/town house, the oldest structures including bridges, water pumps and walls and finally the origin of trees planted around the town.

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