Courtown
Courtown is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It was developed after Lord Courtown ordered the construction of a harbour during the Famine years, 1839–1846.Places of Interest
Highlights include Courtown Lifeboat Station.
Courtown Lifeboat Station
Building
Courtown Lifeboat Station can be found on The Pier at Courtown, a harbour village approximately 90 kilometres south of Dublin, on the east coast of County Wexford, in Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverchapel and Gorey.
Riverchapel
Village
Riverchapel is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It lies just south of Courtown on the R742 regional road and has been a summer holiday resort for Dublin people at least since tourists started to arrive in 1863 when the railway line from Dublin reached nearby Gorey.
Gorey
Gorey is a market town in County Wexford. It's 41 km north of Wexford and has become a commuter town for Dublin 90 km to the north; in 2022 the population was 11,500. Courtown and Riverchapel are small beach resorts 8 km southeast of Gorey.Ballycanew
Village
Ballycanew is a small rural village in County Wexford, Ireland. It is on the R741 road, about 8 km south of Gorey. This road is locally known as the "Coast Road". Ballycanew is situated 7 km southwest of Courtown.
Courtown
- Type: Village with 4,370 residents
- Description: village in Leinster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64482° or 52° 38′ 41″ north
Longitude
-6.22782° or 6° 13′ 40″ west
Population
4,370
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9C4MJQVC+WV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Courtown from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Courtown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Courtown”
- Cebuano: “Courtown”
- Dutch: “Courtown”
- French: “Courtown”
- German: “Courtown”
- Irish: “Baile na Cúirte”
- Irish: “Cuan Bhaile na Cúirte”
- Italian: “Courtown Harbour”
- Italian: “Courtown”
- Lithuanian: “Kortaunas”
- Polish: “Courtown”
- Russian: “Кортаун”
- Spanish: “Courtown”
- Swedish: “Courtown”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Breanoge Head and Glenbeg Head.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Courtown Post Office and Courtown Garda Station.
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