Muccurragh

Muccurragh is a locality in County Cork, Munster. Muccurragh is situated nearby to the hamlet Bocarnagh, as well as near Tracashel.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Garnish Island and Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff.

Garnish Island

Island

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garinish, or Garnish Island, is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower. Garnish Island is situated 2½ km northeast of Muccurragh.

Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km north of Muccurragh.

Martello Tower

Tower

Photo: MrCorman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Martello Tower is situated 3 km northeast of Muccurragh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glengarriff and Ballylickey.

Glengarriff

Photo: Valdoria, Public domain.

Glengarriff is a village at the base of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's in an inlet of Bantry Bay, and became a tourist resort in the late 19th century.

Ballylickey

Village

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballylickey or Ballylicky is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey. Ballylickey is situated 9 km east of Muccurragh.

Bantry

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bantry is a town at the head of Bantry Bay in County Cork in southwest Ireland. In 2022 it had a population of 2900. The southwest coast of Cork is divided into three peninsulas, like claws on the foot of Ireland.

Muccurragh

Type: Locality
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.71667° or 51° 43′ north

Longitude

-9.56667° or 9° 34′ west

Elevation

43 metres (141 feet)

Open location code

9C3GPC8M+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52248936

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2962403

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