Carrigadrohid Reservoir
Carrigadrohid Reservoir is a reservoir in County Cork, Munster. Carrigadrohid Reservoir is situated nearby to the locality Curragh, as well as near Parkarthur.Places of Interest
Highlights include Carrigadrohid Lake and Athsollis Bridge.
Carrigadrohid Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrigadrohid Lake is a lake on the River Lee in County Cork, in the province of Munster, in the south of Ireland. Situated upstream of Carrigadrohid village, the lake is actually a reservoir, created for the Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station, which was erected in the 1950s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macroom and Béal na Bláth.
Macroom
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Macroom is a market town in County Cork, southwest Ireland. It stands halfway between Cork and Killarney at a point where the fertile Lee valley gives way to rugged uplands, and the road starts its climb over to County Kerry.
Béal na Bláth
Hamlet
Photo: El Gringo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Béal na Bláth or Béal na Blá is a small village on the R585 road in County Cork, Ireland. The area is best known as the site of the ambush and death of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins in 1922.
Crookstown
Village
Crookstown is a small village in County Cork in Ireland, about 12 km east of the town of Macroom and about 1 km off the N22 Cork–Killarney road. It had a population of 183 at the 2022 census, down from 203 in the 2016 census.
Carrigadrohid Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8655° or 51° 51′ 56″ northLongitude
-8.8962° or 8° 53′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3HV483+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 179838647OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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