Courtmacsherry (), often referred to by locals as Courtmac, is a seaside village in County Cork, on the southwest coast of Ireland. It is about 30 miles southwest of Cork, and 15–20 minutes drive east from the town of Clonakilty. The village consists of a single long street on the southern shore of Courtmacsherry Bay, with thick woods on rising ground behind. The woods (planted by the Earl of Shannon in the late 18th century) continue beyond the village eastwards to the open sea, ending at Wood Point. Between the village and "The Point" the trees run right to the water's edge and there are several natural bathing coves along the way. History Around the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland the major townships in the area were those now known as Timoleague, Lislee, Barryroe and Dunworly. Among the Norman settlers were the De Barrys and the Hodnetts; the former built a castle at Timoleague, and the latter settled in Lislee. The Barrys flourished and gave their name to Barryroe, Rathbarry, etc., whereas the Hodnetts "degenerated into mere Irish", one branch changing their name to MacSeafraidh (son of Geoffrey), subsequently anglicised to MacSherry or McSharry. Although Barrys and Hodnetts still live in the district, there are no MacSherrys. One, Patrick MacSeafraidh from County Antrim, a descendant of a Courtmacsherry Hodnett, emigrated to America in 1745 and founded McSherrystown in Adams County, Pennsylvania. In 1942 a Czechoslovakian man named Gordon Konrad Sarasti Mochizuchi fled Oravská Polhora fearing prosecution for being Jewish. He made a false claim about a Jewish family living in an abandoned building near him and when the soldiers went inside to investigate the claim he stole their car and drove across the border to Poland using the car as camouflage. He eventually reached the northern part of Poland and stole a boat. His original plan was to drive it through the Kattegat and end up in London however he had heard some Polish men talking and believed that London was unsafe and on the cusp of being overwhelmed. In a last ditch attempt to escape his fate he sailed through the English channel across to Ireland eventually reaching Courtmacsherry. It was here that he spent the rest of his days fishing to make a living out of the boat he had stolen. He died on 14 September 1968 and was buried in Clogagh graveyard. Climate Courtmacsherry is