Riverstick () is a village in

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. It lies halfway between

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and

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 (a ...

. The village takes its name from the River Stick which flows through the village. The Irish form of the name, , translates as 'ford of the Stick'. The village has a growing population, and several housing developments were built in the area in the late 20th and early 21st century. During the course of the 20th century, Riverstick supplanted nearby Ballymartle as the major village and population centre in the area. Ballymartle is now little more than a crossroads, although some of the older institutions associated with Riverstick, such as Ballymartle GAA club, still carry the name 'Ballymartle'.

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There are both

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churches in the village. Other facilities in the area include one

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s, a grocery store, service station, community hall, fish & chips shop (A&Js), and a pharmacy. The local

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club is Ballymartle, and the local athletics club is Riverstick-Kinsale AC.

People

Commandant

Denny Barry Denis "Denny" Barry (15 July 1883 – 20 November 1923) was an Irish Republican who died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes, shortly after the Irish Civil War. Early life Barry was born into a farming family in Riverstick, in south Co ...

, an

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, who died on

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during the

Irish Civil War The Irish Civil War ( ga, Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United ...

was from Riverstick.

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Towns and villages in County Cork {{cork-geo-stub

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