Fountainstown Beach

Fountainstown Beach is a beach in County Cork, Munster. Fountainstown Beach is situated nearby to the beach Back strand, as well as near the village Robert’s Cove.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Myrtleville and Templebreedy Church.

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 1½ km northeast of Fountainstown Beach.

Templebreedy Church

Ruins

Photo: Eh cork, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Templebreedy Church is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Fountainstown Beach.

Fort Templebreedy

Military installation

Fort Templebreedy, also known as Templebreedy Battery, was a coastal defence fortification close to Crosshaven, in County Cork, Ireland. Supplementing a number of earlier structures at Fort Camden and Fort Davis, the site was developed between 1904 and 1909 to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour. Fort Templebreedy is situated 2½ km northeast of Fountainstown Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshaven and Robert’s Cove.

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".

Robert’s Cove

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roberts Cove is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. The village consists of a number of houses, Roberts Cove Holiday Park and two pubs, The Harbour Bar and Roberts Cove Inn. Robert’s Cove is situated 3½ km south of Fountainstown Beach.

Minane Bridge

Village

Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Minane Bridge is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the townland of Minane, 20 km south of Cork city and 5 km south of Carrigaline. The local church is Sacred Heart Church of Tracton Abbey Parish. Minane Bridge is situated 4½ km west of Fountainstown Beach.

Fountainstown Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.77488° or 51° 46′ 30″ north

Longitude

-8.31108° or 8° 18′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C3HQMFQ+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 88015863

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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