Poulnacallee Bay

Poulnacallee Bay is a bay in County Cork, Munster. Poulnacallee Bay is situated nearby to the locality Weaver’s Point, as well as near Canavan Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Templebreedy and Templebreedy Church.

Fort Templebreedy

Military installation

Fort Templebreedy, also known as Templebreedy Battery, was a coastal defence fortification close to Crosshaven, in County Cork, Ireland. Supplementing a number of earlier structures at Fort Camden and Fort Davis, the site was developed between 1904 and 1909 to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour.

Templebreedy Church

Ruins

Photo: Eh cork, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Templebreedy Church is a ruins.

Roche’s Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Peter Newbold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roche's Point Lighthouse is situated at the entrance to Cork Harbour, Ireland. A lighthouse was first established on 4 June 1817 to guide ships into Cork Harbour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshaven and Whitegate.

Crosshaven

Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.

Crosshaven is a coastal village in County Cork, with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".

Whitegate

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg.

Ringaskiddy

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road.

Poulnacallee Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.79428° or 51° 47′ 39″ north

Longitude

-8.27751° or 8° 16′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C3HQPVC+PX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2001641850

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

3286423

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Weaver’s Point and Rams Head.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include mens pool and Church Bay Beach.

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