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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: Irish island
- Also known as: “Great Island (Cork)” and “Great Island (Ireland)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Colman’s Cathedral and Cobh.
St Colman’s Cathedral
Church
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The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919.
Cobh
Railway station
Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh, County Cork. It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre. It is the terminus of the on Cork–Cobh section of the Cork Suburban Rail line. Cobh is situated 2½ km southwest of Great Island.
Old Church Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It contains a significant number of important burials, including three mass graves and individual graves of 193 victims of the passenger ship RMS…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belvelly and Cobh.
Belvelly
Locality
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Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island.
Cobh
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Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.
Rushbrooke
Locality
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Rushbrooke is a populated area on the western side of Cobh on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It is in the townland of Ringacoltig. Rushbrooke is situated 3½ km southwest of Great Island.
Great Island
- Category: landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Great Island” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An tOileán Mór”
- 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”
- Irish: “Oileán Mór an Bharraigh”
- 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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cuskinny Bay and Brick Island.
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