Breaches Shoal

Breaches Shoal is a shoal in County Wicklow, Leinster. Breaches Shoal is situated nearby to the locality Six Mile Point, as well as near Five Mile Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilcoole and Newcastle Aerodrome.

Kilcoole

Railway station

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Kilcoole railway station is a railway station in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. The station serves the village of the same name and the nearby village of Newtownmountkennedy. Kilcoole is situated 4 km northwest of Breaches Shoal.

Newcastle Aerodrome

Aerodrome

Newcastle Aerodrome is located on Sea Road in Newcastle, a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. This aerodrome is licensed by the Aeronautical Services Department of the Irish Aviation Authority. Newcastle Aerodrome is situated 3 km west of Breaches Shoal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Kilcoole.

Newcastle

Village

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Newcastle is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated on the R761 and is about 45 km south of Dublin city. Newcastle had a population of 924 as of the 2016 census. Newcastle is situated 4½ km west of Breaches Shoal.

Kilcoole

Village

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Kilcoole is a town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 3 kilometres south of Greystones, 14 km north of Wicklow, and about 28 km south of Dublin. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Kilcoole is situated 5 km northwest of Breaches Shoal.

Newtownmountkennedy

Village

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Newtownmountkennedy is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It developed within the historic townland of Ballygarny, although all that remains is a motte where a church, graveyard and a castle or tower house once stood just 0.85 km north of the town. Newtownmountkennedy is situated 7 km west of Breaches Shoal.

Breaches Shoal

Type: Shoal
Category: landform
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.08333° or 53° 5′ north

Longitude

-6° or 6° west

Open location code

9C5P32M2+82

GeoNames ID

3230503

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Localities in the Area

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