Baltimore Lifeboat Station

Baltimore Lifeboat Station is located at Bull Point, near Baltimore, a town approximately 85 km south west of Cork, on the south-west tip of County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland.

Photo: Charles W Glynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherkin Island and Dunasead Castle.

Sherkin Island

Photo: Jbuck78, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sherkin Island or Inisherkin is one of the islands of Roaringwater Bay in County Cork, a short ferry ride from Baltimore. Its Irish name Inis Arcáin means "Island of the Piglet", which probably refers to sea-pigs meaning porpoises.

Dunasead Castle

Castle

Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunasead Castle, sometimes known as Baltimore Castle, is a 17th-century fortified house situated in the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. The tower house is built on the site of an earlier Norman-era structure, which itself replaced an earlier Bronze Age ringfort. Dunasead Castle is situated 460 metres south of Baltimore Lifeboat Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltimore and Skibbereen.

Baltimore

Photo: georama, CC BY 3.0.

Baltimore is a village in County Cork near the southwest tip of Ireland. The harbour is large, and sheltered by islands - several are inhabited and are also described on this page.

Skibbereen

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skibbereen is a village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland. An Sciobairín means "the little boat harbour" - it would have to be a small boat to get this far up the River Ilen.

Baltimore Lifeboat Station

Type: Building
Description: lifeboat station in Baltimore, County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland
Category: lifeboat station
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48771° or 51° 29′ 16″ north

Longitude

-9.37197° or 9° 22′ 19″ west

Inception

1915

Operator

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Open location code

9C3GFJQH+36

OpenStreetMap ID

way 877586556

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q4852885

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In Other Languages

“Baltimore Lifeboat Station” goes by many names.

French: “Station de Sauvetage en Mer de Baltimore”

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