Ballycotton
Ballycotton is a coastal village in County Cork, Ireland, situated about 25 miles east of Cork city. It is a fishing village that sits on a rocky ledge overlooking Ballycotton Bay and has a sandy beach that stretches for about 25 kilometres east to Knockadoon Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 497 residents
- Description: village in County Cork, Ireland
- Also known as: “Ballycottin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Star of the Sea Church and Ballycotton Lifeboat Station.
Ballycotton Lifeboat Station
Building
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Ballycotton Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Ballycotton in County Cork, Ireland. It opened in 1858 and continues to operate today.
Ballycotton Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballycotton Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse positioned on Ballycotton Island, east of Ballycotton, County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cloyne and Ballymacoda.
Cloyne
Town
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cloyne is a small town located to the southeast of Midleton in eastern County Cork, Ireland. It is also a see city of the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese. Cloyne is situated 8 km northwest of Ballycotton.
Ballymacoda
Village
Ballymacoda is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 185 people. Located in East Cork, the village is home to one pub, a post office, and Saint Peter in Chains Roman Catholic church. Ballymacoda is situated 9 km northeast of Ballycotton.
Castlemartyr
Village
Photo: Paul Leonard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlemartyr is a large village in County Cork, Ireland. It is around 30 kilometres east of Cork city, 10 km east of Midleton, 16 km west of Youghal and 6 km from the coast. Castlemartyr is situated 10 km north of Ballycotton.
Ballycotton
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.83048° or 51° 49′ 50″ northLongitude
-8.01322° or 8° 0′ 48″ westPopulation
497United Nations Location Code
IE BLNOpen location code
9C3HRXJP+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 52258295OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2966633Wikidata ID
Q2418569
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ballycotton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballycotton”
- Cebuano: “Ballycotton”
- Dutch: “Ballycotton”
- French: “Ballycotton”
- German: “Ballycotton”
- Irish: “Baile Choitín”
- Italian: “Ballycotton”
- Japanese: “バリーコットン”
- Polish: “Ballycotton”
- Russian: “Балликоттон”
- Russian: “Бэлликоттон”
- Spanish: “Ballycotton”
- Swedish: “Ballycotton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shanagarry Beach and Doonen Macotter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballycotton Garda Station and The Schooner Tavern.
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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 “Ballycotton”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.