Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary

Places of Interest Nearby

Cove Fort

Castle

Photo: Charles Vallancey, Public domain.

Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour. Cove Fort is situated 1¼ km southwest of Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary.

Sacred Heart Church, Ballymore

Church

Photo: MaireNiUirthile, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sacred Heart Church, Ballymore is situated 1¼ km east of Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary.

Spit Bank Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. Spit Bank Lighthouse is situated 2 km south of Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary.

Places in the Area

Cobh

Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.

Belvelly

Locality

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Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island. Belvelly is situated 3½ km northwest of Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary.

Rushbrooke

Locality

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rushbrooke is a populated area on the western side of Cobh on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It is in the townland of Ringacoltig. Rushbrooke is situated 4 km west of Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary.

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