Beenaniller Head
Beenaniller Head is a locality in County Kerry, Munster. Beenaniller Head is situated nearby to the locality Foilnanean, as well as near Foilatawig.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bray Tower and Illaunloughan.
Bray Tower
Ruins
Bray Tower is a signal tower located on Valentia Island in County Kerry, Ireland. The tower was built in 1805 by the British Board of Ordnance during the Napoleonic Wars.
Illaunloughan
Archaeological site
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. The site is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula. Illaunloughan is situated 3½ km east of Beenaniller Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmagee and Chapeltown.
Portmagee
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.
Chapeltown
Village
Photo: Elkringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapeltown is a village on Valentia Island in the south-west of County Kerry. It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away. Chapeltown is situated 6 km east of Beenaniller Head.
Knightstown
Village
Photo: Kmcnamee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. Knightstown is situated 10 km east of Beenaniller Head.
Beenaniller Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in County Kerry, Ireland
- Category: cape
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.89775° or 51° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
-10.42409° or 10° 25′ 27″ westElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
9C3FVHXG+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 5344866243OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Beenaniller Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beenaniller Head”
- Swedish: “Beenaniller Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Foilnanean and Foilatawig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bray Head and Saint Brendan’s Well.
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