Castletownbere
Castletownbere is a port on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork in the southwest of Ireland, with a population of 1000 in 2021. It's doubly sheltered: Bere Island creates the long anchorage of Bearhaven, then Dinish Island sits just outside the harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 860 residents
- Description: town in Munster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Castletown”, “Castletown Bearhaven”, “Castletown Berehaven”, “Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa”, and “Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Derreenataggart and Dunboy Castle.
Derreenataggart
Archaeological site
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Derreenataggart is an archaeological site.
Dunboy Castle
Ruins
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Dunboy Castle is a ruined 15th-century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the public.
Castletownbere Directional Light
Lighthouse
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Castletownbere Directional Light is a lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eyeries and Rerrin.
Eyeries
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eyeries is a village and its hinterland, on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland, near the border with County Kerry. It lies at the foot of a hilly area, with a beach nearby, and is home to several retail and tourist businesses. Eyeries is situated 6 km northwest of Castletownbere.
Rerrin
Village
Photo: Robert Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerrin is the main village on Bere Island, within County Cork in Ireland. The village is located on the north of the island and is next to the sheltered mooring of Lawrence Cove. Rerrin is situated 7 km east of Castletownbere.
Castletownbere
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6514° or 51° 39′ 5″ northLongitude
-9.9105° or 9° 54′ 38″ westPopulation
860Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE CTBOpen location code
9C3GM32Q+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 52241334OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Castletownbere” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Castletownbere”
- Catalan: “Castletownbere”
- Cebuano: “Castletownbere”
- Chinese: “卡斯尔敦贝尔”
- Chinese: “貝雷哈文”
- Chinese: “贝尔哈文”
- Chinese: “贝雷哈文”
- Dutch: “Castletownbere”
- Esperanto: “Castletownbere”
- Finnish: “Castletownbere”
- French: “Berehaven”
- French: “Castletownbere”
- German: “Castletownbere”
- Irish: “Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra”
- Italian: “Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra”
- Italian: “Castletown Berehaven”
- Italian: “Castletownbere”
- Japanese: “キャッスルタウンベア”
- Russian: “Каслтаунбер”
- Russian: “Кастлтаунбере”
- Spanish: “Castletownbere”
- Swedish: “Castletownbere”
- Welsh: “Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra”
- Welsh: “Castletownbere”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Castletownbere”. Photo: Ellynea, CC BY-SA 4.0.