Editing Cahersiveen (section)

==History==
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of [[ring fort]], [[holy well]], [[ring barrow]], and castle sites in the [[townland]]s of Cahersiveen, Garranebane and Carhan.<ref>{{cite book | title = The Iveragh Peninsula: an Archaeological Survey of South Kerry | publisher = Cork University Press | date = 1996 | editor-first1 = A. | editor-last1 = O'Sullivan | editor-first2 = J. | editor-last2 = Sheehan | isbn = 9780902561847 }}</ref> These include the stone forts of [[Cahergall]] and [[Leacanabuaile]], which stand close to each other a short distance from the town. The ruins of [[Ballycarbery Castle]], a 16th century [[tower house]] that was extended into an L-shape plan, are also nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.castles.nl/ballycarbery-castle | website = castles.nl | title = Ballycarbery Castle | accessdate = 22 May 2025 }}</ref>

In 1597, the Iveragh estate was received by [[Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College, Dublin]] as part of a royal grant. It previously belonged to the [[Earl of Desmond]]. The 8,808 acre estate stretched from [[Killorglin]] all the way to Valentia incorporating the parishes of Glenbegh, Killinane, Cahir, Killemlagh, Dromod, Prior and Valentia.<ref name="thesis">{{cite thesis | url = https://walkoftheancestors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marys-Thesis-1997.pdf | date = 1997 | title = Aspects of Cahersiveen town and parish, 1811-1867 | via = walkoftheancestors.com }}</ref>

The Scottish civil engineer [[Alexander Nimmo]] first visited Cahersiveen in 1811 as sent by the Bog Commission. He noted the lack of development, and poverty, in the estate, and that the main road to the area was unpassable by carriage at that time. Over the next few years, whilst planning the bogs of the estate he also designed many road and bridge plans. The most notable of these was the main road through Iveragh into the town built in 1822.<ref name="thesis"/>

It was here the first shots of the [[Fenian Rising]] were fired in 1867.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Cahersiveen was the site of the murder of five local men taken in the early hours of the morning from Bahaghs Workhouse where they were held prisoner, shot in the legs then blown up with a landmine on 12 March 1923 during the [[Irish Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>''Prisoners of conscience: when silence spoke loud'' Irish Independent 7 Jan 2009 https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/lifestyle/prisoners-of-conscience-when-silence-spoke-loud/27379496.html</ref>

Cahersiveen was designated as a "[[Gaeltacht Service Town]]" in June 2023, when the then Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan launched the "Cathair Saidhbhín Language Plan" alongside Kerry County Council.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/665bc-cathair-saidhbhin-language-plan-officially-launched-by-minister-of-state-odonovan/ | title=Cathair Saidhbhín Language Plan officially launched by Minister of State O'Donovan | date=15 June 2023 }}</ref>