Castlelyons

{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}}

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Castlelyons ({{Irish place name|Caisleán Ó Liatháin}})Placenames Database of Ireland. [http://www.logainm.ie/10026.aspx Caisleán Ó Liatháin] Verified 2011-02-11. is a small village in the east of County Cork, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Barrymore.[https://archive.today/20130217235653/http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Castlelyons&streets=no Placenames Database of Ireland] Civil parish of Castlelyons. The name is derived from a stronghold of the Uí Liatháin - an early medieval kingdom. It is situated {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Fermoy. In the 2022 census the village recorded a population of 428. 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.