Barleycove
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.Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ecological site in County Cork, Ireland
- Also known as: “Barley Cove”
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. Mizen Head is situated 3½ km southwest of Barleycove.
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 northwest of Barleycove.
Mizen Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Ent-ente, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mizen Head Lighthouse is situated 3½ km southwest of Barleycove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crookhaven and Three Castle Head.
Crookhaven
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ km east of Barleycove.
Three Castle Head
Locality
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Three Castle Head is a locality, which is situated 4½ km west of Barleycove.
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 6 km northeast of Barleycove.
Barleycove
- Categories: bay and tourism
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.46952° or 51° 28′ 10″ northLongitude
-9.77953° or 9° 46′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3GF69C+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 581149830OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4861177
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Barleycove” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Barleycove”
- Dutch: “Barleycove”
- Irish: “Bá na hEornan”
- Irish: “Bá na hEornán”
- Swedish: “Barleycove”
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