Bird Island Bay

Bird Island Bay is a bay in County Cork, Munster.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ardnakinna Lighthouse and Dunboy Castle.

Ardnakinna Lighthouse

Lighthouse

The Ardnakinna Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located on Bere Island, County Cork at the western entrance to Castletownbere.

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 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

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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.

Sheep’s Head

Locality

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Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary, is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.

Bird Island Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6142° or 51° 36′ 51″ north

Longitude

-9.8935° or 9° 53′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C3GJ474+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2001359989

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

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