The picturesque village of Innishannon lies beside a curve on the Bandon River where it turns South for the Atlantic Ocean at Kinsale, which is only six miles away, it is nestled among wooded hills and forest walks. 

One of the earliest written references to Innishannon is the Book of Leinster written in the 12th c., in which it is reported that in 837 AD Innishannon was ransacked and plundered by Viking pirates who came up the Estuary of the River Bandon. 

Today on the river leading to Innishannon you are more likely to meet rowers from Kilmacsimon Swimming & Rowing Club or boats on their way to the boat yard at Kilmacsimon which is only a short distance down river from Innishannon village.