Shronecan Point

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Sandycove Island

Islet

Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandycove Island is a small island and townland at the mouth of Ardkilly Creek on the south coast of Ireland, just to the west of the Castlepark peninsula, which forms the western side of the entrance to Kinsale harbour in County Cork.

Charles Fort

Photo: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Charles Fort is a trace italienne fortification, a bastion fort with one section of the outer wall built in star fashion. It is located at the southern end of the village of Summer Cove, on Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland.

James‘ Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0.

James Fort is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland. Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town.

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Summer Cove

Locality

Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Summer Cove is part of Kinsale town on the Kinsale harbour, on the south coast of Ireland; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula. Summer Cove is situated 2½ km north of Shronecan Point.

Kinsale

Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.

Kinsale is a small harbour in County Cork, Southwest Ireland. It's 25 km south of Cork city, at the mouth of the River Bandon, and in 2022 had a population of 6000.

Ballinspittle

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballinspittle is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the barony of Courceys and lies about 8 km southwest of Kinsale, on the R600 road. It is near Garrylucas and Garrettstown Blue Flag beaches. Ballinspittle is situated 6 km west of Shronecan Point.

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