Smerwick
Ard na Caithne, sometimes known in English as Smerwick, is a bay and townland in County Kerry in Ireland. One of the principal bays of Corca Dhuibhne, it is located at the foot of an Triúr Deirfiúr and Mount Brandon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: bay of Corca Dhuibhne in southwestern Ireland
- Also known as: “Ard na Caithne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort del Oro and Reask.
Fort del Oro
Archaeological site
Photo: Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort del Oro is an archaeological site.
Reask
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reask is a ruined early Monastic site located 1 km east of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, County Kerry, Ireland. The remains of the site include the low remnants of buildings and enclosure walls and a cross-slab standing stone which sits in the middle of the compound. Reask is situated 3½ km southeast of Smerwick.
Ballinrannig Stone
Historic site
Photo: Seandálaí, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballinrannig Stone is a historic site, which is situated 3 km southeast of Smerwick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballynagall and Ballyferriter.
Ballynagall
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baile na nGall, unofficially anglicized as "Ballydavid", is a Gaeltacht village is situated on the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry, Ireland. As the 2003 Official Languages Act revoked the status of the English language name Ballydavid, the official name is Baile na nGall. Ballynagall is situated 3 km east of Smerwick.
Ballyferriter
Village
Photo: N9LXI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baile an Fheirtéaraigh unofficially anglicised as Ballyferriter, or also known as An Buailtín, is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is in the west of the Corca Dhuibhne peninsula and according to the 2002 census, about 75% of the town's population speak the Irish language on a daily basis. Ballyferriter is situated 3½ km south of Smerwick.
Ventry
Village
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dingle is the only sizable town on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, some 50 km southwest of Tralee. With a population in 2022 of 1,700, it has a colourful town centre and fishing harbour. Ventry is situated 8 km southeast of Smerwick.
Smerwick
- Category: bay
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.19409° or 52° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
-10.42129° or 10° 25′ 17″ westElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
9C4F5HVH+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 52260709OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Smerwick” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ard na Caithne”
- Dutch: “Ard na Caithne”
- French: “Ard na Caithne”
- Irish: “Ard na Caithne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ard na Caithne”
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