Freshwater Bay

Freshwater Bay is a bay in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lambay Island and Rush Martello Tower.

Island
Photo: Delatorre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, often simply Lambay, is an island in the off the coast of north , . The largest island off the east coast of Ireland, it is four kilometres offshore from the headland at , and is the easternmost point of the province of .

Tower
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
St. Joseph's School, Rush is a secondary school in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rush and Loughshinny.

Town
Balbriggan is a seaside town at the north end of , 32 km north of city centre. It was a small fishing village until 1780 then grew rapidly as a textile town, processing cotton and linen.

Village
Photo: Colm O hAonghusa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small coastal village in northern , , between and . 's more famous landmarks are the Martello Tower on the nearby headland of and some unusual rock formations visible on some of the many coastal walks in the area.

Freshwater Bay

Latitude
53.4962° or 53° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
-6.0009° or 6° 0′ 3″ west
Open location code
9C5MFXWX+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3358776546
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
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