Fair Head
Fair Head is a locality in County Cork, Munster. Fair Head is situated nearby to the locality Ardnakinna Point, as well as near Doonigar.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ardnakinna Lighthouse and Dunboy Castle.
Ardnakinna Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Peter Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ardnakinna Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located on Bere Island, County Cork at the western entrance to Castletownbere.
Dunboy Castle
Ruins
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Dunboy Castle is a ruined 15th-century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castletownbere and Allihies.
Castletownbere
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Castletownbere is a port on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork in the southwest of Ireland, with a population of 1000 in 2021. It's doubly sheltered: Bere Island creates the long anchorage of Bearhaven, then Dinish Island sits just outside the harbour.
Allihies
Village
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Allihies is a townland in the civil parish of Kilnamanagh, in County Cork, Ireland. The townland of Allihies is located at the western tip of the Beara Peninsula. Allihies is situated 8 km west of Fair Head.
Rerrin
Village
Photo: Robert Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerrin is the main village on Bere Island, within County Cork in Ireland. The village is located on the north of the island and is next to the sheltered mooring of Lawrence Cove. Rerrin is situated 9 km east of Fair Head.
Fair Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in County Cork, Ireland
- Category: cape
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61393° or 51° 36′ 50″ northLongitude
-9.93581° or 9° 56′ 9″ westElevation
133 metres (436 feet)Open location code
9C3GJ377+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5555205406OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fair Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fair Head”
- Swedish: “Fair Head”
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