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Dunlough Castle
Castle · near Castletownbere · Cork

Dunlough Castle

Dunlough Castle is a Norman fortification in County Cork. Its setting is 20 km south of Castletownbere. A short trip away is Mizen Head, 3.7 km off, the first of 5 within 15 km.

Photo: Dunlough Castle, Dunlough (Public domain)
Where
20 km
south of Castletownbere
How well known
Top 16%
#273 of 1,783 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Castle near Castletownbere

A trip from Castletownbere

Dunlough Castle is 20 km south of Castletownbere. Towns near it ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

Expect highs of 17–19°C in Castletownbere from June to September.

Jan10° / 5°185 mm
Feb10° / 5°150 mm
Mar11° / 6°128 mm
Apr13° / 7°115 mm
May15° / 9°103 mm
Jun17° / 11°109 mm
Jul19° / 13°132 mm
Aug19° / 13°128 mm
Sep18° / 12°136 mm
Oct15° / 10°172 mm
Nov12° / 7°199 mm
Dec11° / 6°203 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Castletownbere, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Castletownbere (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Castletownbere’s full climate →
About

Dunlough Castle

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Dunlough Castle on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Castle
Wikipedias
Covered in 5 languages
Town
20 km south of Castletownbere
Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Where Dunlough Castle is

The orange dot is Dunlough Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

12
  1. 1Castletownbere
  2. 2Schull
1 · 20 km north of it

Castletownbere

999 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 20 km east of it

Schull

669 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns
TownWhere Dunlough Castle isPeoplePlaces to visit
Castletownbere20 km north of it9997
Schull20 km east of it6692
Make a day of it

More to see nearby

2 historic sites, a museum and an abbey or priory are among the 5 within 15 km.

1MuseumMuseumMizen Head3.7 km away2Abbey or prioryAbbey or priorySheep's Head7 km away3AttractionAttractionMizen Head Bridge3.6 km away4Historic siteHistoric siteStone Row15 km away5Historic siteHistoric sitetwo standing stones14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Dunlough Castle

Where is Dunlough Castle?

Dunlough Castle is 20 km south of Castletownbere, Cork.

What is Dunlough Castle?

Norman fortification in County Cork, Ireland.

How well known is Dunlough Castle?

Dunlough Castle has 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #273 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Dunlough Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Castletownbere, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Dunlough Castle?

Within 15 km: Mizen Head (3.7 km), Sheep's Head (7 km), Mizen Head Bridge (3.6 km) and Stone Row (15 km).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).