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Coastal landforms of Ireland

Index Coastal landforms of Ireland

Ireland is an island surrounded by water, with a 7,500 kilometre coastline. [1]

140 relations: Achill Island, Achill Sound, Ard na Caithne, Ards Peninsula, Arklow, Ayre, Ballinskelligs, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ballyconneely, Ballycotton, Ballygalley, Ballysadare, Ballyvaughan, Baltimore, County Cork, Banna Strand, Bannow, Bantry Bay, Beara Peninsula, Belfast Lough, Benbane Head, Benwee Head, Blacksod Bay, Brandon, County Kerry, Bray Head, Brittas Bay, Broadhaven Bay, Brow Head, Bullock Harbour, Burr Point, Cape Clear Island, Carlingford Lough, Carnlough, Carnsore Point, Carrigaholt, Castlemaine, County Kerry, Cleggan, Clew Bay, Clifden, Cliffs of Moher, Clogherhead, Clonakilty, Cooley Peninsula, Cork Harbour, Counties of Ireland, Courtmacsherry, Cranfield Point, Dalkey Island, Dún Laoghaire, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, ..., Dollymount, Donegal Bay, Downings, Drumcliff, Dublin Bay, Dundalk Bay, Dunmanus Bay, Dursey Island, Erris Head, Fair Head, Fanad, Galway Bay, Giant's Causeway, Glandore, Glengarriff, Great Blasket Island, Gweedore, Hag's Head, Helen's Bay, Hook Head, Hook Peninsula, Horn Head, Howth, Howth Head, Inishowen, Inishtrahull, Islandmagee, Iveragh Peninsula, Keem Bay, Kenmare, Kerry Head, Killala Bay, Killary Harbour, Killiney, Kinnagoe Bay, Kinsale, Kinvara, Larne Lough, Lecale, Liscannor Bay, List of beaches in Ireland, List of islands of Ireland, List of ports in Ireland, Loop Head, Lough Foyle, Lough Hyne, Lough Mahon, Lough Swilly, Magilligan, Maharees, Malahide, Malin Head, Mizen Head, Moneypoint power station, Muckross Head, Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Mullet Peninsula, Mulroy Bay, Murlough Bay, Old Head of Kinsale, Portmagee, Portmarnock, Quigley's Point, Ramore Head, Rathlin Island, Rogerstown Estuary, Rosguill, Rosses Point, Rosslare Harbour, Sandymount Strand, Shannon Estuary, Sheep's Head, Sheephaven Bay, Sherkin Island, Skerries, Dublin, Slea Head, Slyne Head lighthouse, Spanish Point, County Clare, Sruwaddacon Bay, Stack (geology), Strangford Lough, Tory Island, Tralee Bay, Tramore, Valentia Island, Ventry, Waterford Harbour, Wexford Harbour, Wicklow Head, Youghal. Expand index (90 more) »

Achill Island

Achill Island (Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest of the Irish isles, and is situated off the west coast of Ireland.

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Achill Sound

Gob an Choire or Gob a' Choire (English name: Achill Sound), formerly anglicised as Gubacurra, is a Gaeltacht village in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Ard na Caithne

Ard na Caithne, meaning height of the arbutus or strawberry tree, formerly known as Smerwick in English, in the heart of the Kerry Gaeltacht, is one of the principal bays of Corca Dhuibhne.

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Ards Peninsula

The Ards Peninsula is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, that separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea on the north-east coast of Ireland.

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Arklow

Arklow is a town in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland, overlooked by Arklow Hill.

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Ayre

(Inver Ayre) is one of six sheadings in the Isle of Man and consists of the parishes of Andreas, Bride and Lezayre.

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Ballinskelligs

Ballinskelligs, officially Baile an Sceilg (Irish for "Place (village) of the craggy rock"), is a Gaeltacht village in the south-west of the Iveragh peninsula (Uíbh Ráthach) in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Ballycastle, County Antrim

Ballycastle is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Ballyconneely

Ballyconneely is a small ribbon development in west Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

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Ballycotton

Ballycotton is a coastal village in County Cork, Ireland, situated about east of Cork city.

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Ballygalley

Ballygalley or Ballygally is a village and holiday resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne.

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Ballysadare

Ballysadare, locally Ballisodare, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.

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Ballyvaughan

Ballyvaughan or Ballyvaghan is a small harbour village in County Clare, Ireland.

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Baltimore, County Cork

Baltimore (translated as the "Fort of the Jewels") is a village in western County Cork, Ireland.

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Banna Strand

Banna Strand, (Gaeilge: Trá na Beannaí) also known as Banna Beach, is situated in Tralee Bay.

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Bannow

Bannow (Yola: Baannough) is a civil parish lying east of Bannow Bay on the south-west coast of County Wexford, Ireland.

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Bantry Bay

Bantry Bay (Cuan Baoi / Inbhear na mBárc / Bádh Bheanntraighe) is a bay located in County Cork, Ireland.

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Beara Peninsula

Beara (Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south.

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Belfast Lough

Belfast Lough is a large, intertidal sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland.

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Benbane Head

Benbane Head, or Benbane, is the northernmost point of mainland Northern Ireland.

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Benwee Head

The environs of Benwee Head (Gaelic: An Bhinn Bhuí 'the yellow cliff') County Mayo, with its cliffs, arches, stacks and islands, offers some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in Ireland.

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Blacksod Bay

Blacksod Bay (Cuan an Fhóid Duibh) is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Erris, North County Mayo, Ireland.

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Brandon, County Kerry

Cé Bhréannain or Bréanainn (anglicized as Brandon) is a Gaeltacht village on the northern coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Bray Head

Bray Head (Ceann Bhré) is a hill and headland located in northern County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Bray and Greystones.

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Brittas Bay

Brittas Bay (Cuan an Bhriotáis) in County Wicklow, Ireland is a 4 km stretch of beach on the Irish Sea coast.

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Broadhaven Bay

Broadhaven Bay (Cuan an Inbhir) is a natural bay of the Atlantic Ocean situated on the northwestern coast of County Mayo, Ireland.

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Brow Head

Brow Head (Ceann Bró) is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland.

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Bullock Harbour

Bullock Harbour or Bulloch Harbour (Cuan Bhlóic) is a small working harbour located near the heritage town of Dalkey on the southeast coast of Dublin Bay in Ireland.

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Burr Point

Burr Point (from Irish: Bior, meaning 'point') is the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland.

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Cape Clear Island

Clear Island or Cape Clear Island (officially known by its Irish name: Cléire, and sometimes also called Oileán Chléire) lies south-west of County Cork in Ireland.

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Carlingford Lough

Carlingford Lough (Ulster Scots: Carlinford Loch or Cairlinfurd Loch) is a glacial fjord or sea inlet that forms part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south.

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Carnlough

Carnlough is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Carnsore Point

Carnsore Point (Carn tSóir or Ceann an Chairn in Irish) (Yola; Carnagh) is a headland in the very South East corner of County Wexford, Ireland.

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Carrigaholt

Carrigaholt is a small fishing village in County Clare, Ireland, a castle and a Catholic parish by the same name.

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Castlemaine, County Kerry

Castlemaine is a small town in County Kerry, southwest Ireland.

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Cleggan

Cleggan (meaning head) is a picturesque fishing village in County Galway, Ireland.

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Clew Bay

Clew Bay (Cuan Mó) is a natural ocean bay in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

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Clifden

Clifden (meaning "stepping stones") is a coastal town in County Galway, Ireland, in the region of Connemara, located on the Owenglin River where it flows into Clifden Bay.

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Cliffs of Moher

The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.

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Clogherhead

Clogherhead (is a fishing village in County Louth, Ireland.

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Clonakilty

Clonakilty, sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Cooley Peninsula

The Cooley Peninsula (older Cúalṅge) is a hilly peninsula in County Louth, Ireland, which includes towns such as Omeath, Carlingford and Greenore.

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Cork Harbour

Cork Harbour is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (contaetha na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: coonties o Airlann) are sub-national divisions that have been, and in some cases continue to be, used to geographically demarcate areas of local government.

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Courtmacsherry

Courtmacsherry, often referred to by locals as Courtmac, is a seaside village in County Cork, on the southwest coast of Ireland.

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Cranfield Point

Cranfield Point (Pointe Chreamhchoille) is the southernmost point of Northern Ireland.

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Dalkey Island

Island for which the nearby village of Dalkey is named (Deilginis meaning "thorn island") the uninhabited island lies about 16 km (10 mi) south of Dublin3 km (2 mi) south of Dún Laoghaire harbour.

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Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin, Ireland, about 12 km (7.5 miles) south of Dublin city centre.

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Dingle

Dingle (or Daingean Uí Chúis, meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Dingle Peninsula

The Dingle Peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry.

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Dollymount

Dollymount, often known as "Dollyer" to Dubliners, is a coastal suburban area on the north coast of Dublin Bay, within Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, just East of Saint Anne's Park.

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Donegal Bay

Donegal Bay (Bá Dhún na nGall in Irish) is an inlet (or bay) in the northwest of Ireland.

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Downings

Downings or Downies is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the Rosguill peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland.

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Drumcliff

Drumcliff or Drumcliffe is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.

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Dublin Bay

Dublin Bay (Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland.

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Dundalk Bay

Dundalk Bay (Cuan Dhún Dealgan) is a large (33 km2), exposed estuary on the east coast of Ireland.

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Dunmanus Bay

Dunmanus Bay is a bay in County Cork, Ireland.

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Dursey Island

Dursey Island (Baoi Bhéarra or Oileán Baoi) lies at the southwestern tip of the Beara Peninsula in the west of County Cork in Ireland.

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Erris Head

Erris Head (Irish: Ceann Iorrais) is a promontory at the northernmost tip of the Mullet Peninsula, located in the barony of Erris in northwest County Mayo, Ireland.

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Fair Head

Fair Head or Benmore (from an Bhinn Mhór) is a rocky headland at the north-eastern corner of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Fanad

Fanad (official name: Fánaid) is a peninsula that lies between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of County Donegal in Ireland.

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Galway Bay

Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay (or sea lough) on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south.

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Giant's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.

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Glandore

Glandore (meaning harbour of the gold or (Cuan Daire, meaning harbour of oak)) is the name of both a harbour and village in County Cork, Ireland.

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Glengarriff

Glengarriff (meaning "Rough glen") is a village of approximately 800 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland.

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Great Blasket Island

Great Blasket (An Blascaod Mór in Irish) is the principal island of the Blaskets, County Kerry, Ireland.

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Gweedore

Gweedore (officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair) is an Irish-speaking parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.

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Hag's Head

Hag's Head is the name given to the most southerly point of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland, where the cliffs form an unusual rock formation that resembles a woman's head looking out to sea.

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Helen's Bay

Helen's Bay is a village on the northern coast of County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Hook Head

Hook Head (Irish: Rinn Duáin) is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland located on the east side of the estuary of the three sisters rivers (the Nore, Suir and the Barrow).

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Hook Peninsula

The Hook Peninsula is a peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland.

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Horn Head

Horn Head (Irish: Corrán Binne, meaning "Hollow in the Hills") is a peninsula in Donegal, North West Ireland, close to Dunfanaghy.

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Howth

Howth is a village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

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Howth Head

Howth Head (Ceann Bhinn Éadair in Irish) is a peninsula northeast of Dublin City in Ireland, within the governance of Fingal County Council.

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Inishowen

Inishowen is a peninsula in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland.

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Inishtrahull

Inishtrahull (Inis Trá Tholl, meaning "island of the hollow/empty beach") or 'Inis Trá Thuathail' as used by speakers of Donegal Irish, meaning 'Island with the beach on the opposite or contrary side' as is clear when compared to other islands on the Irish coast, where the landing place always faces the mainland, is the most northerly island of Ireland.

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Islandmagee

Islandmagee is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Carrickfergus.

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Iveragh Peninsula

The Iveragh Peninsula is located in County Kerry in Ireland.

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Keem Bay

Keem Bay (Cuan na Cuime) is located past Dooagh village in the west of Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Kenmare

Kenmare is a small town (population 2175 – CSO 2011) in the south of County Kerry, Ireland.

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Kerry Head

Kerry Head is a headland located in County Kerry, Ireland that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean just north of Banna Strand.

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Killala Bay

Killala Bay (Cuan Chill Ala) is a bay on the west coast of Ireland between County Mayo and County Sligo.

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Killary Harbour

Killary Harbour / An Caoláire Rua is a fjord (or possibly a fjard) located in the west of Ireland, in northern Connemara, and the border between counties Galway and Mayo runs down its centre.

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Killiney

Killiney is an affluent seaside resort and suburb in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

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Kinnagoe Bay

Kinnagoe Bay (Bá Chionn an Ghabha) is a secluded beach in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland.

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Kinsale

Kinsale (meaning "Tide Head") is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland, which also has significant military history.

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Kinvara

Kinvara (meaning "head of the sea"), also spelled Kinvarra, is a sea port village located in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland.

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Larne Lough

Larne Lough (sometimes Larne Loch, Lough Larne or Loch Larne) is a sea lough or inlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Lecale

Lecale, is the name of a peninsula and several different historical territorial divisions all located in the east of modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Liscannor Bay

Liscannor Bay is a bay on the west coast of Ireland in County Clare.

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List of beaches in Ireland

This is a list of beaches and bathing areas in Ireland.

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List of islands of Ireland

This is a list of islands of Ireland.

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List of ports in Ireland

This is a list of seaports around the coast of the island of Ireland.

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Loop Head

Loop Head, is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland.

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Lough Foyle

Lough Foyle, sometimes Loch Foyle (or "loch of the lip"), is the estuary of the River Foyle, on the north coast of Ireland.

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Lough Hyne

Lough Hyne (Irish: Loch Oighinn) is a marine lake in West Cork, Ireland, about 5 km southwest of Skibbereen.

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Lough Mahon

Lough Mahon is a sea lough situated in the north-western part of Cork Harbour.

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Lough Swilly

Lough Swilly in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal.

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Magilligan

Magilligan (- Magilligan) is a peninsula that lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle.

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Maharees

Maharees or Magharees is a 5 km long ayre located on the northern side of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Malahide

Malahide is an affluent coastal suburban town north of Dublin city in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Malin Head

Malin Head (Cionn Mhálanna) is located on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland and is the most northerly point of the island of Ireland.

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Mizen Head

Mizen Head (Carn Uí Néid), is located at the extremity of the Kilmore Peninsula in the district of Carbery in County Cork, in southwest Ireland.

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Moneypoint power station

Moneypoint power station is Ireland's largest electricity generation station (output 915 MW) and only coal-fired power station.

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Muckross Head

Muckross Head is a small peninsula about 10 km west of Killybegs, Co. Donegal, in north-western Ireland.

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Mullaghmore, County Sligo

Mullaghmore is a village on the Mullaghmore peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.

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Mullet Peninsula

The Mullet Peninsula (Leithinis an Mhuirthead)—also known as the Mullet (an Mhuirthead) and sometimes as the Erris Peninsula—is a peninsula in the barony of Erris in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Mulroy Bay

Mulroy Bay (Cuan na Maoil Ruaidh) is a relatively small bay / sea loch on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland.

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Murlough Bay

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Old Head of Kinsale

The Old Head of Kinsale (in Irish, An Seancheann) is a headland near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland.

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Portmagee

Portmagee (meaning "The Harbour") is a village in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Portmarnock

Portmarnock is a coastal suburban village in Fingal, Ireland, with significant beaches and one of Ireland's best-known golf clubs, a modest commercial core, and inland residential estates.

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Quigley's Point

Quigley's Point is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, located on the eastern shores of Inishowen and overlooking the wide expanse of Lough Foyle.

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Ramore Head

Ramore Head is a rocky headland in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Rathlin Island

Rathlin Island is an island and civil parish off the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and the northernmost point of Northern Ireland.

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Rogerstown Estuary

Rogerstown Estuary (Irish: Inbhear Bhaile Roiséir) is an estuary in Ireland.

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Rosguill

Rosguill (Irish language and official name: Ros Goill) is a peninsula situated in north-north-west County Donegal, Ireland.

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Rosses Point

Rosses Point is a village in County Sligo, Ireland and also the name of the surrounding peninsula.

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Rosslare Harbour

The village of Rosslare Harbour grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name (now called Rosslare Europort), first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway and the Great Southern and Western Railway to accommodate steamferry traffic between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Sandymount Strand

Sandymount Strand (Dumhach Thrá) is a large strand on the east coast of Ireland, adjacent to the village and suburb of Sandymount in Dublin.

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Shannon Estuary

The Shannon Estuary (Inbhear na Sionainne) is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Sheep's Head

Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary (Rinn Mhuintir Bháire), is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula - a European Destination of Excellence - situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.

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Sheephaven Bay

Sheephaven Bay (Cuan na gCaorach) is a broad, shallow inlet on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland.

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Sherkin Island

Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin, lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater Bay.

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Skerries, Dublin

Skerries is a coastal town in Fingal, Ireland.

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Slea Head

Slea Head (Irish: Ceann Sléibhe) is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corca Dhuibhne in southwest County Kerry, Ireland.

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Slyne Head lighthouse

Slyne Head Lighthouse (Irish: Ceann Léime)is located at westernmost point of County Galway, about southwest of Doonlaughan, Ireland and is maintained by Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL).

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Spanish Point, County Clare

Spanish Point is a village in the parish of Milltown Malbay in County Clare on the west coast of Ireland.

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Sruwaddacon Bay

Sruwaddacon Bay is a tidal estuary which runs through the middle of the Gaeltacht Kilcommon parish in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland.

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Stack (geology)

A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

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Strangford Lough

Strangford Lough (from Old Norse Strangr Fjörðr, meaning "strong sea-inlet" - Strangford Lough) is a large sea loch or inlet in County Down, in the east of Northern Ireland.

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Tory Island

Tory Island, or simply Tory (officially known by its Irish name Toraigh), is an island off the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, and is the most remote inhabited island of Ireland.

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Tralee Bay

Tralee Bay (Loch Foirdhreamhain / Cuan Thrá Lí) is located in on the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

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Tramore

Tramore is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Ireland.

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Valentia Island

Valentia Island (Dairbhre, meaning "The Oak Wood") is one of Ireland's most westerly points.

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Ventry

Ventry (meaning "White Strand"), an anglicization of Fionntrá, is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Waterford Harbour

Waterford Harbour (Loch Dá Chaoch / Cuan Phort Láirge) is a natural harbour at the mouth of the Three Sisters; the River Nore, the River Suir and the River Barrow in Ireland.

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Wexford Harbour

Wexford Harbour (Loch Garman) in County Wexford, Ireland is the natural harbour at the mouth of the River Slaney.

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Wicklow Head

Wicklow Head is a headland near the southeast edge of the town of Wicklow in County Wicklow, approximately 3 km from the centre of the town.

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Youghal

Youghal is a seaside resort town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Coastal landforms of Northern Ireland, Estuaries in Northern Ireland, Fjords of Northern Ireland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_landforms_of_Ireland

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