Bear Haven
Bear Haven is a strait in County Cork, Munster.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castletownbere Directional Light and Dunboy Castle.
Castletownbere Directional Light
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castletownbere Directional Light is a lighthouse.
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.
Derreenataggart
Archaeological site
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Derreenataggart is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castletownbere and Rerrin.
Castletownbere
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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.
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.
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.
Bear Haven
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait separating Bere Island from Castletown Bearhaven, County Cork, Ireland
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.648° or 51° 38′ 53″ northLongitude
-9.8583° or 9° 51′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3GJ4XR+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 11679182159OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitWikidata ID
Q108372329
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