Dunlough Bay

Dunlough Bay is a bay in County Cork, Munster. Dunlough Bay is situated nearby to the locality Carrigeenour, as well as near Sligger Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mizen Head and Dunlough Castle.

Mizen Head

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Ent-ente, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mizen Head is traditionally regarded as the most southerly point of mainland Ireland although Brow Head is the actual southernmost point. It is at the end of the Mizen Peninsula in the district of Carbery in County Cork.

Dunlough Castle

Photo: Dunlough, Public domain.

Dunlough Castle, standing atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the Mizen Peninsula, looks at the Atlantic Ocean from the extreme southwest point of Ireland.

Barleycove

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barleycove or Barley Cove is a bay and beach in County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland. It is situated close to Mizen Head on the Mizen Peninsula, with Crookhaven or Goleen being the nearest villages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Three Castle Head and Crookhaven.

Three Castle Head

Locality

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Three Castle Head is a locality.

Crookhaven

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crookhaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the most southwestern tip of the island of Ireland. With an out-of-season population of about sixty, it swells in the summer season to about four hundred, when the occupants of the seasonal holiday homes arrive.

Goleen

Village

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Goleen is a small rural village in County Cork on the south-western tip of Ireland. Farming, tourism and construction work are among the main occupations of the local people.

Dunlough Bay

Type: Bay
Description: bay in County Cork, Ireland
Category: body of water
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.47276° or 51° 28′ 22″ north

Longitude

-9.81234° or 9° 48′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C3GF5FQ+43

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2001501152

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2964499

Wikidata ID

Q26716191

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dunlough Bay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Dunlough Bay”
Swedish: “Dunlough Bay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Carrigeenour and Sligger Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mizen Peak and Illaunnacaheragh.

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