of interest Square An annual horse fair is held in Rosscarbery's square every year in August. Beaches Rosscarbery is a tourist destination in the summertime, being in proximity to at least three beaches. The nearest of these, the "Warren Beach", is about a mile from the village, and is designated a blue flag beach, along with the nearby Owenahincha beach. Extensive coastal erosion at Warren Beach resulted in remedial works being undertaken throughout 2004 and 2005. Rosscarbery Pitch & Putt Club is located at the beach. Antiquities Bohonagh is a recumbent stone circle located 2.4 km east of Rosscarbery. It dates to the bronze age and a boulder-burial is located nearby. Castle Salem is also near the village, and was the home to the Morris family from around 1660 until the early 1800s. The castle is now a guest house and run by the family who bought the castle in 1895. Transport Rosscarbery is located along the N71 national secondary road through West Cork. Clonakilty is nearby, further along the road to Cork city, a distance of forty miles. The nearest airport is Cork Airport. Sport The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Carbery Rangers, founded in 1887. In November 2003, Carbery Rangers won their first ever football County Junior A title, and subsequently a Junior Munster, Intermediate County, Munster, and All-Ireland titles. The club has since graduated to the senior ranks. Rosscarbery Rowing Club competes at regattas in West Cork and at the Irish Coastal Rowing Federation Championships each August. People Fachtna of Rosscarbery (died c. 600), founder of Ros Ailithir monastery. Airbertach mac Cosse (died c.1016), was a poet and the lector and superior of Ros Ailithir monastery. William Thompson (1775-1833), the Irish political and philosophical writer and socialist reformer, was also connected with Rosscarbery Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (1831-1915), a leader of the Irish Fenian movement, was from Rosscarbery Tom Barry (1897–1980), a leader of the Irish War of Independence, is also associated with the area. Born in Kerry to Cork parents, as of the 1901 census records his family were living in Killorglin, where Barry's father [also Thomas] was posted to Killorglin barracks as an RIC constable. Tom Barry had moved to Rosscarbery with his family by 1911, and a Rosscarbery house bears a plaque to this effect. In his memoir, Guerrilla Days in Ireland, Barry recalls riding a cow through the main street to amuse other