Caherciveen

Caherciveen is a village on the Iveragh Peninsula in in southwest Ireland. It has a population of 1300, but it's on the popular Ring of Kerry tourist circuit and gets very busy in summer.
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  • Type: Town with 1,040 residents
  • Description: town in County Kerry, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Cahersiveen”, “Cahersween”, “Cathair Saidhbhin”, and “Cathair Saidhbhín”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bentee and Cahergall.

Peak
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Benatee is a hill overlooking the town of Cahersiveen in , .

Archaeological site
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, sometimes spelled Cahergal, is a stone ringfort and National Monument located in , .

Ruins
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is a castle 3 kilometres from Cahersiveen, , . The castle is high on a grass hill facing the sea and is a short distance from Cahergall Fort and Leacanabuile Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knightstown.

Village
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, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on , , in . It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. is situated 5 km southwest of Caherciveen.

Caherciveen

Latitude
51.9472° or 51° 56′ 50″ north
Longitude
-10.2238° or 10° 13′ 26″ west
Population
1,040
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE CHE
Open location code
9C3FWQWG+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1419136598
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965852
Wiki­data ID
Q736203
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Caherciveen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Cahersiveen”
  • Basque: “Cahersiveen”
  • Breton: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Catalan: “Cahersiveen”
  • Cebuano: “Cahersiveen”
  • Cornish: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Czech: “Cahersiveen”
  • Dutch: “Cahirciveen”
  • Esperanto: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • French: “Cahersiveen”
  • German: “Cahersiveen”
  • Hebrew: “קאהרסיבין”
  • Irish: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Italian: “Cahersiveen”
  • Japanese: “カアサイビーン”
  • Lithuanian: “Kersivinas”
  • Manx: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Polish: “Cahersiveen”
  • Polish: “Cahirciveen”
  • Polish: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Russian: “Кэрсивин”
  • Scots: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Saidhbhín”
  • Slovak: “Cahersiveen”
  • Spanish: “Cahirciveen”
  • Swedish: “Cahersiveen”
  • Urdu: “کاہرسوین”
  • Welsh: “Cahersiveen”
  • Welsh: “Cathair Saidhbhín”

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