Béal na Bláth
Béal na Bláth or Béal na Blá is a small village on the R585 road in County Cork, Ireland. The area is best known as the site of the ambush and death of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins in 1922.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: El Gringo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Beal na Blath”, “Bealnabla”, and “Bealnablath”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Diamond Bar and Michael Collins Monument.
The Diamond Bar
Pub
The Diamond Bar, formerly known as Long's Pub, is a historical site in Béal na Bláth in the townland of Glannarouge, County Cork. The ambush that led to the death of the Irish leader Michael Collins was planned in a storehouse behind The Diamond Bar.
Michael Collins Monument
Memorial
Photo: Frabjousone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Michael Collins Monument is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crookstown and Newcestown.
Crookstown
Village
Crookstown is a small village in County Cork in Ireland, about 12 km east of the town of Macroom and about 1 km off the N22 Cork–Killarney road. It had a population of 183 at the 2022 census, down from 203 in the 2016 census. Crookstown is situated 3 km northeast of Béal na Bláth.
Newcestown
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newcestown is a small village located 35 km from the city of Cork in the western part of County Cork, Ireland. It is a village with a church, a school, a pub and GAA club. Newcestown is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. Newcestown is situated 4½ km south of Béal na Bláth.
Carrigadrohid
Locality
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrigadrohid is a townland and village in the civil parish of Aghinagh, County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the north bank of the River Lee, with the nearby village of Canovee to the south. Carrigadrohid is situated 9 km north of Béal na Bláth.
Béal na Bláth
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8217° or 51° 49′ 18″ northLongitude
-8.85602° or 8° 51′ 22″ westElevation
127 metres (417 feet)Open location code
9C3HR4CV+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 52270330OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Béal na Bláth” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Béal na mBláth”
- Breton: “Béal na Blá”
- Catalan: “Béal na Bláth”
- Dutch: “Béal na mBláth”
- Esperanto: “Béal na Blá”
- French: “Béal na Blá”
- German: “Béal na Bláth”
- Hebrew: “בל נה בלאה”
- Irish: “Béal na Blá”
- Irish: “Béal na Bláth”
- Japanese: “ベール・ナ・ブラフ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Béal na mBláth”
- Norwegian: “Béal na mBláth”
- Polish: “Béal na mBláth”
- Portuguese: “Béal na Bláth”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Béal na Blá”
- Spanish: “Béal na Blá”
- Spanish: “Béal na Bláth”
- Swedish: “Béal na mBláth”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ahalarick Bridge and Currabeha Cross Roads.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Poularick House and Michael Collins Ambush Site.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Béal na Bláth”. Photo: El Gringo, CC BY-SA 3.0.