Knockadoon Head
Knockadoon Head is a headland and national nature reserve with Capel Island of approximately 353 acres located in County Cork, Ireland. It is partly managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, with areas under private ownership.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Capel Island.
Capel Island
Islet
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Capel Island is a small island in County Cork, Ireland located a short distance from Knockadoon Head, near Youghal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballymacoda and Youghal.
Ballymacoda
Village
Ballymacoda is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 185 people. Located in East Cork, the village is home to one pub, a post office, and Saint Peter in Chains Roman Catholic church. Ballymacoda is situated 5 km west of Knockadoon Head.
Youghal
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Youghal is a harbour town at the east edge of County Cork in Ireland. It preserves many remnants of its medieval and early modern heyday, when it was a walled city and major port. In 2022 it had a population of about 8,600.
Knockadoon Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape and part of a nature reserve in County Cork, Ireland
- Category: cape
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8833° or 51° 52′ 60″ northLongitude
-7.86368° or 7° 51′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C3JV4MP+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1658451257OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2963132Wikidata ID
Q26715465
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Knockadoon Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Knockadoon Head”
- Swedish: “Knockadoon Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glenawilling and Ballymadog.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knockadoon Signal Tower and Glenawilling Beach.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Knockadoon Head”. Photo: john berry, CC BY-SA 2.0.