Gibbon’s Rock

Gibbon’s Rock is an islet in County Wexford, Leinster. Gibbon’s Rock is situated near the islet Bird Rock, as well as near Phuca’s Rock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: All Saints‘ Church, Templetown and Fethard Castle.

All Saints‘ Church, Templetown

Church

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

All Saints‘ Church, Templetown is situated 2 km west of Gibbon’s Rock.

Fethard Castle

Ruins

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fethard Castle is a ruins, which is situated 3 km north of Gibbon’s Rock.

Baginbun Head Martello Tower

Tower

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Baginbun Head Martello Tower is situated 2 km east of Gibbon’s Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fethard-on-Sea and Slade.

Fethard-on-Sea is a village on the coast of County Wexford in Ireland. With a population in 2022 of 363, it's the largest of the villages on Hook Peninsula, also described here. They include Saltmines, Duncannon and Ballyhack.

Slade

Village

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Slade is a small village and townland in County Wexford, Ireland. The townland, which has an area of approximately 1 square kilometre, sits on the Hook Peninsula and had a population of 52 people as of the 2011 census. Slade is situated 6 km southwest of Gibbon’s Rock.

Saltmills

Village

Photo: John, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saltmills is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland. The village is located at the head of a small inlet that enters Bannow Bay. The village received its name from the medieval mills that existed just outside the village. Saltmills is situated 7 km north of Gibbon’s Rock.

Gibbon’s Rock

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.16865° or 52° 10′ 7″ north

Longitude

-6.85245° or 6° 51′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C4M549X+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 252557097

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bird Rock and Phuca’s Rock.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Baginbun car park and The Norman Way: Baginbun.

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