Dunmore East

Dunmore East is a small village on the coast of in southeast Ireland. Its Irish name Dún Mór means "big fort", and has been applied to innumerable hillocks where ancient people huddled in the wind and rain, so this one is specifically Dunmore East.
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  • Type: Village with 1,810 residents
  • Description: village
  • Also known as: Dunmore

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunmore East lighthouse and The White Lady.

Lighthouse

Archaeological site
is an unusual standing stone, said to resemble a figure, located near the small fishing village of Dunmore East, in , . is situated 3½ km west of Dunmore East.

Building
is located on West Wharf, at the harbour of Dunmore East, , a town sitting on the western shore at the mouth of the , approximately 15 km south-east of , on the south coast of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hook Point and Creaden Head.

Locality
Hook Head, historically called Rindowan, is a headland in , , on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters. It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of . is situated 5 km southeast of Dunmore East.

Locality
Creadan Head is a headland on a small peninsula on the west side of , about three miles upriver from Dunmore East, in , Ireland. is situated 4½ km northeast of Dunmore East.

Village
is a small village and townland in , Ireland. The townland, which has an area of approximately 1 square kilometre, sits on the Hook Peninsula and had a population of 52 people as of the 2011 census. is situated 6 km east of Dunmore East.

Dunmore East

Latitude
52.1488° or 52° 8′ 56″ north
Longitude
-6.9947° or 6° 59′ 41″ west
Population
1,810
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE DNM
Open location code
9C4M42X4+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52246812
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2964492
Wiki­data ID
Q1013935
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Dunmore East” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Dunmore East
  • Cebuano: Dunmore East
  • Dutch: Dunmore East
  • French: Dunmore East
  • German: Dunmore East
  • Irish: Dún Mór, Contae Phort Láirge
  • Irish: Dún Mór
  • Italian: Dunmore East
  • Japanese: ダンモアイースト
  • Lithuanian: Dunmor Istas
  • Russian: Данмор-Ист
  • Spanish: Dunmore East
  • Swedish: Dunmore East

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