Friars Island

Friars Island is an islet in County Cork, Munster. Friars Island is situated nearby to the islet Bark Island, as well as near the pitch MUGA - Multi Use Games Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff and Garnish Island.

Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff is a ruins, which is situated 720 metres west of Friars Island.

Garnish Island

Island

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garinish, or Garnish Island, is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower.

Martello Tower

Tower

Photo: MrCorman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Martello Tower is situated 1¼ km south of Friars Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glengarriff and Ballylickey.

Glengarriff

Photo: Valdoria, Public domain.

Glengarriff is a village at the base of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's in an inlet of Bantry Bay, and became a tourist resort in the late 19th century.

Ballylickey

Village

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballylickey or Ballylicky is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey. Ballylickey is situated 7 km east of Friars Island.

Bantry

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bantry is a town at the head of Bantry Bay in County Cork in southwest Ireland. In 2022 it had a population of 2900. The southwest coast of Cork is divided into three peninsulas, like claws on the foot of Ireland.

Friars Island

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.74784° or 51° 44′ 52″ north

Longitude

-9.54185° or 9° 32′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C3GPFX5+47

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4564357

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Highlights include Bark Island and MUGA - Multi Use Games Area.

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