Hag of Beara
Hag of Beara is a stone in County Cork, Munster. Hag of Beara is situated nearby to the cemetery Kilcatherine Graveyard, as well as near the islet Illaunnameanla.- Type: Stone
- Description: rock on the Beara peninsula meant to be the petrified mythic goddess The Hag of Beara
- Also known as: “The Hag of Beara” and “The Hag of Beara (rock)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ballycrovane Ogham Stone.
Ballycrovane Ogham Stone
Photo: Peter Ribbans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is an ogham stone and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is situated 1¼ km east of Hag of Beara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eyeries and Ardgroom.
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 2½ km south of Hag of Beara.
Ardgroom
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardgroom is a village on the Beara peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. Its name refers to two gravelly hills deposited by a glacier, Dromárd and Drombeg. Ardgroom is situated 5 km northeast of Hag of Beara.
Castletownbere
Photo: Ellynea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Hag of Beara
- Categories: rock, religious site, historic site, monument, and landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.71549° or 51° 42′ 56″ northLongitude
-9.96332° or 9° 57′ 48″ westNamed after
The Hag of BearaOpen location code
9C3GP28P+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 3174824443OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneWikidata ID
Q138774575
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In Other Languages
“Hag of Beara” goes by many names.
- Irish: “An Chailleach Bhéara”
- Irish: “Cailleach Beara”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilcatherine Graveyard and Illaunnameanla.
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