Bere Island
Bere Island or Bear Island is an island in Bantry Bay off the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It spans roughly 10 km x 3 km, with an area of 17.68 km2 and, as of the 2022 census, had a population of 218 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castletownbere Directional Light and Dunboy Castle.
Castletownbere Directional Light
Lighthouse
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Castletownbere Directional Light is a lighthouse.
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. Dunboy Castle is situated 3 km west of Bere Island.
Ardnakinna Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Ardnakinna Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located on Bere Island, County Cork at the western entrance to Castletownbere. Ardnakinna Lighthouse is situated 3 km southwest of Bere Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castletownbere and Rerrin.
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.
Rerrin
Village
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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 4½ km east of Bere Island.
Eyeries
Village
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Eyeries is a village and its hinterland, on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland, near the border with County Kerry. It lies at the foot of a hilly area, with a beach nearby, and is home to several retail and tourist businesses. Eyeries is situated 8 km northwest of Bere Island.
Bere Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in County Cork, Ireland
- Category: landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Bere Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bere Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bere uhartea”
- Catalan: “illa de Bere”
- Catalan: “Illa de Bere”
- Cebuano: “Bear Island”
- Dutch: “Bere Island”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Béarra”
- French: “Bere Island”
- French: “île de Bere”
- French: “Île de Bere”
- Irish: “An tOileán Mór”
- Irish: “Oileán Béarra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “An tOileán Mór”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bere Island”
- Polish: “An tOileán Mór”
- Polish: “Bear”
- Polish: “Bere”
- Swedish: “Bear Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Bere”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knockanallig and Dinish Island.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bere Island”. Photo: Towel401, CC BY-SA 4.0.