Great Island
Great Island is an island in Cork Harbour, at the mouth of the River Lee and close to the city of Cork, Ireland. The largest town on the island is Cobh.
- Type: Island
- Description: Irish island
- Also known as: “Great Island (Cork)” and “Great Island (Ireland)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St Colman’s Cathedral and Cobh.
Cobh
Railway station
Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh, County Cork. Cobh is situated 2½ km southwest of Great Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belvelly and Cobh.
Belvelly
Locality
Photo: Robert French (photographer), No restrictions.
Rushbrooke
Locality
Great Island
- Category: landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86861° or 51° 52′ 7″ north
Longitude
-8.28° or 8° 16′ 48″ west
Population
13,700
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9C3HVP99+CX
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Great Island” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Oileán Mór an Bharraigh”
- Catalan: “Great Island”
- Cebuano: “Great Island”
- Chinese: “大島 (愛爾蘭)”
- Chinese: “大島”
- Dutch: “Great Island”
- Finnish: “Great Island”
- French: “Great Island”
- German: “Great Island”
- Greek: “Γκρέιτ Άιλαντ”
- Irish: “An tOileán Mór”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Island”
- Norwegian: “Great Island”
- Slovenian: “Great Island”
- Swedish: “Great Island”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rosslague and Ballywilliams.
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Highlights: Cuskinny Bay and Brick Island.
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