Knockoura

#339 among destinations in Ireland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Knockoura is a mountain on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. ()

Elevation: 1608 ftProminence: 1296 ftCoordinates: 51°39'9"N, 9°59'35"W

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CorkIreland

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Knockoura – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ardnakinna Lighthouse, Dunboy Castle, Allihies Copper Mine Museum, Ballycrovane Ogham Stone.

4 miSE
Lighthouse
Ardnakinna Lighthouse, Bere Island
102 min walk • The Ardnakinna Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located on Bere Island, Co. Cork at the western entrance to Castletownbere.
3.2 miSE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Dunboy Castle, Castletownberehaven
82 min walk • Dunboy Castle is a ruined 15th century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the public.
2.4 miSW
Museum
Allihies Copper Mine Museum
63 min walk • The Allihies Copper Mine Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of copper mining in the Allihies area in County Cork. It is situated on the Wild Atlantic Way.
4.7 miNE
Stela
Ballycrovane Ogham Stone
120 min walk • Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is an ogham stone and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
6.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glenbeg Lough
172 min walk • Glenbeg Lough is a freshwater lake in the southwest of Ireland. It is located on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Slieve Miskish Mountains, Castletownberehaven
54 min walk • The Slieve Miskish Mountains are a small range of low sandstone mountains found at the extreme south-western tip of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in Ireland.
0.8 miNW
Neighbourhood
Urhan, Allihies
21 min walk • Urhan or Urhin is a townland in Ireland on the Beara Peninsula. The townland is on the coast between Slieve Miskish and Coulagh Bay, situated on the coast road between Allihies and Eyeries. It has one pub, The Urhan Inn, and a national school. Urhan is on the Ring of Beara and the Wild Atlantic Way.
4.3 miN
Island
Inishfarnard
109 min walk • Inishfarnard meaning Island of the tall fern is a small island and a townland off Kilcatherine Point, in County Cork, Ireland.
3.1 miNE
Village
Eyeries
80 min walk • Eyeries is a village and its hinterland, on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland, near the border with County Kerry. It lies at the foot of a hilly area, with a beach nearby, and is home to several retail and tourist businesses.