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SKIBBEREEN - SCIBIRIN. A PLACE FREQUENTED BY SCIBS, (I.E.BOATS) - This well known market-town in the County of Cork has a population of 2,2600 (1926). It stands at the mouth of the river Ilen, on a little creek frequented by small vessels which are still sometimes termed scibs, "skiffs or boats"; so that the name Scibirin signifies "a place frequented by scibs or boats". The name of Cotteenagh Island in the Shannon below Clomnacnoise, affords an interesting parallel, and means "a place frequented by little cots or boats". The river Ilen is navigable to vessels of 200 tons from Balitmore on the coast, to within two miles of Skibbereen.