Furkeal
Furkeal is a hamlet in County Cork, Munster. Furkeal is situated nearby to the locality Muccurragh, as well as near the hamlet Tracashel.Places of Interest
Highlights include Garnish Island and Glengarriff Forest.
Garnish Island
Island
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garinish or Garnish Island is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower. Garnish Island is situated 2½ km northeast of Furkeal.
Glengarriff Forest
Forest
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glengarriff Forest is an area of woodland near Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland. Most of the woodland is a nature reserve in public ownership which is sometimes referred to as Glengarriff "forest park" or "state forest". Glengarriff Forest is situated 3 km north of Furkeal.
Sugarloaf
Peak
Sugarloaf Mountain is one of the Caha Mountains, southwest of Glengarriff in County Cork, Ireland. It is a pointed mountain with a height of 574 metres. Sugarloaf is situated 3½ km west of Furkeal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glengarriff and Ballylickey.
Glengarriff
Photo: Valdoria, Public domain.
Glengarriff is a village at the base of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's in an inlet of Bantry Bay, and became a tourist resort in the late 19th century.
Ballylickey
Village
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballylickey or Ballylicky is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey. Ballylickey is situated 9 km east of Furkeal.
Furkeal
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72594° or 51° 43′ 33″ northLongitude
-9.57901° or 9° 34′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3GPCGC+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 1559141503OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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