Ireland’s Eye

County Dublin is a county in the Republic of Ireland. Surrounding city, it has a population of 1.5 million in 2022. It was abolished as an administrative or political unit in 1994, with its territory allocated to four new entities.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howth Harbour Lighthouse (1982) and Howth Harbour Lighthouse (1818).

Lighthouse

Industrial building
is an industrial building.

Building
sits on the middle pier at Howth Harbour in the fishing village of , on Howth Head, a peninsula located on the north side of , in the administrative region of , historically , on the east coast of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Howth and Sutton.

is a small seaside town historically in , 14 km northeast of city centre. It's on a "tombola" peninsula - once an island, it became connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus, which is now the residential area of Sutton.

Village
is a residential suburb on the Northside of , . It occupies the tombolo which links Howth Head to the mainland, some of the lower slopes of Howth Hill, and a little of the adjacent coasts. is situated 3½ km southwest of Ireland’s Eye.

Suburb
is a coastal suburb of , , it was developed from a former fishing village. is also a civil parish in the barony of Coolock within the traditional . is situated 4½ km west of Ireland’s Eye.

Ireland’s Eye

Latitude
53.40667° or 53° 24′ 24″ north
Longitude
-6.0625° or 6° 3′ 45″ west
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
9C5MCW4P+MX
Geo­Names ID
2963596
Wiki­data ID
Q1672468
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Ireland’s Eye” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Ireland’s Eye
  • Breton: Inis Mac Neasáin
  • Cebuano: Irelands Eye
  • Chinese: 愛爾蘭眼睛島
  • Dutch: Ireland’s Eye
  • French: Ireland’s Eye
  • German: Ireland’s Eye
  • Indonesian: Ireland’s Eye
  • Irish: Inis Mac Neasáin
  • Italian: Ireland’s Eye
  • Japanese: アイルランズ・アイ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: An Suil na hÉireann
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ireland’s Eye
  • Russian: Айрлендс-Ай
  • Russian: Ирландс-Ай
  • Spanish: Inis Mac Neasain
  • Spanish: Inis Mac Neasáin
  • Swedish: Irelands Eye
  • Ukrainian: Айрлендс-Ай
  • Ukrainian: Ей
  • Ukrainian: Ерінс-Ей
  • Ukrainian: Ініс-Файтленн

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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