Mizen Head Lighthouse
Mizen Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse in County Cork, Munster. Mizen Head Lighthouse is situated nearby to Mizen Head Bridge, as well as near Mizen Head Visitors Centre.Photo: Ent-ente, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mizen Head and Dunlough Castle.
Mizen Head
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ent-ente, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mizen Head is traditionally regarded as the most southerly point of mainland Ireland although Brow Head is the actual southernmost point. It is at the end of the Mizen Peninsula in the district of Carbery in County Cork.
Dunlough Castle
Photo: Dunlough, Public domain.
Dunlough Castle, standing atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the Mizen Peninsula, looks at the Atlantic Ocean from the extreme southwest point of Ireland. Dunlough Castle is situated 3½ km north of Mizen Head Lighthouse.
Barleycove
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barleycove or Barley Cove is a bay and beach in County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland. It is situated close to Mizen Head on the Mizen Peninsula, with Crookhaven or Goleen being the nearest villages. Barleycove is situated 3½ km northeast of Mizen Head Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Three Castle Head and Crookhaven.
Three Castle Head
Locality
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Three Castle Head is a locality, which is situated 4 km north of Mizen Head Lighthouse.
Crookhaven
Village
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Crookhaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the most southwestern tip of the island of Ireland. With an out-of-season population of about sixty, it swells in the summer season to about four hundred, when the occupants of the seasonal holiday homes arrive. Crookhaven is situated 7 km east of Mizen Head Lighthouse.
Goleen
Village
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Goleen is a small rural village in County Cork on the south-western tip of Ireland. Farming, tourism and construction work are among the main occupations of the local people. Goleen is situated 9 km northeast of Mizen Head Lighthouse.
Mizen Head Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45013° or 51° 27′ 1″ northLongitude
-9.81959° or 9° 49′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C3GF52J+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 322520615OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28333622
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In Other Languages
“Mizen Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Mizen Head”
- French: “Phare de Mizen Head”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mizen Head Bridge and Mizen Head Visitors Centre.
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