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Union Hall
Bréantrá (Irish) | |
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Village | |
 Main Street | |
  Union Hall Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°33′29″N 9°08′19″W / 51.55801°N 9.13850°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| District | Skibbereen |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | 270 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W206345 |
Union Hall (Irish: Bréantrá),[2] also Unionhall, is a small fishing village located in County Cork, Ireland, located on the west side of Glandore Harbour. Its nearest neighbour to the west is Castletownshend; to the east, Glandore village. It is approximately 10 kilometres south-east of Skibbereen. As of the 2016 census, 270 people were living in Union Hall.[1]
A key source of employment in the area is fishing,[3] and the pier has its own ice plant and fish processing factory run by Glenmar Shellfish Ltd.[4] Tourism is also an economic driver, and among the area's attractions are boat trips to view whales, dolphins and seals.[5]
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlement - Unionhall". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Bréantrá/Unionhall". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Fisheries - Union Hall". discoverireland.ie. Fáilte Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
Union Hall has a proud connection with the sea and fishing is major local industry
- ^ "Lisavaird Co-op shells out €10m in Glenmar Shellfish seafood business takeover". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 5 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Whale & Dolphin Watching". unionhall.ie. Union Hall. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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