Lighthouse Roches Point

Lighthouse Roches Point is a building in County Cork, Munster. Lighthouse Roches Point is situated nearby to Roche’s Point Lighthouse, as well as near the islet Cow and Calf Rocks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roche’s Point Lighthouse and Trabolgan Holiday Village.

Roche’s Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Peter Newbold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roche's Point Lighthouse is situated at the entrance to Cork Harbour, Ireland. A lighthouse was first established on 4 June 1817 to guide ships into Cork Harbour.

Trabolgan is a self catering holiday village on a 140-acre site which was a former country estate in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork, Ireland. The holiday camp was registered on 1 May 1984 and officially opened on 29 June 1985. Trabolgan Holiday Village is situated 1½ km northeast of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Myrtleville

Beach

Photo: Honourablemencandiffer, Public domain.

Myrtleville is a small seaside village in County Cork, Ireland. The village lies within the townlands of Ballinluska and Myrtleville, just west of the entrance to Cork Harbour. Myrtleville is situated 3 km west of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshaven and Whitegate.

Crosshaven

Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.

Crosshaven is a coastal village in County Cork, with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".

Whitegate

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg. Whitegate is situated 4 km northeast of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Ringaskiddy

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. Ringaskiddy is situated 6 km northwest of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Lighthouse Roches Point

Type: Building
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.79298° or 51° 47′ 35″ north

Longitude

-8.25451° or 8° 15′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C3HQPVW+55

OpenStreetMap ID

way 420033790

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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