Roche’s Point Lighthouse
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Newbold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Also known as: “Rinn an Róistigh” and “Roches Point Lighthouse”
- Historically known as: “Roche Point Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trabolgan Holiday Village and Myrtleville.
Trabolgan Holiday Village
Resort
Photo: Stardomax, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trabolgan is a self catering holiday village on a 140-acre site which was a former country estate in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork, Ireland. The holiday camp was registered on 1 May 1984 and officially opened on 29 June 1985. Trabolgan Holiday Village is situated 1½ km east of Roche’s Point Lighthouse.
Myrtleville
Beach
Photo: Honourablemencandiffer, Public domain.
Myrtleville is a small seaside village in County Cork, Ireland. The village lies within the townlands of Ballinluska and Myrtleville, just west of the entrance to Cork Harbour. Myrtleville is situated 3 km west of Roche’s Point Lighthouse.
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. Fort Templebreedy is situated 2 km west of Roche’s Point Lighthouse.
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. Whitegate is situated 4 km northeast of Roche’s Point Lighthouse.
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. Ringaskiddy is situated 6 km northwest of Roche’s Point Lighthouse.
Roche’s Point Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.79304° or 51° 47′ 35″ northLongitude
-8.25467° or 8° 15′ 17″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Height
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9C3HQPVW+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 420033793OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Roche’s Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Roche’s Point itsasargia”
- Chinese: “罗氏角灯塔”
- French: “phare de Roches Point”
- French: “Phare de Roches Point”
- Irish: “Rinn an Róistigh”
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