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Southernmost point: Cranfield Point, County Down at Southernmost settlement: Greencastle , County Down at 54°2′N 6°5′W / 54.033°N 6.083°W / 54.033; Westernmost point – western part of Manger townland, County Fermanagh (immediately east of the Bradogue Bridge) at 54°27′53″N 8°10′39″W / 54.46472°N 8.17750 ...
Mizen Head is one of the extreme points of the island of Ireland and is a major tourist attraction, noted for its dramatic cliff scenery. One of the main transatlantic shipping routes passes close by to the south, and Mizen Head was, for many seafarers, the first (or last) sight of Europe.
Brow Head is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland. There are many islands off the coast of the county, in particular, off West Cork. Carbery's Hundred Isles are the islands around Long Island Bay and Roaringwater Bay. Fastnet Rock lies in the Atlantic Ocean 11.3 km south of mainland Ireland, making it the most southerly point of Ireland.
Brow Head (Irish: Ceann Bró) [1] is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland. It is in the rural townland of Mallavoge near Crookhaven in County Cork , Ireland . It is 3.8 km east of Mizen Head at latitude 51.43ºN.
Cranfield Point (Irish: Pointe Chreamhchoille) is the southernmost point of Northern Ireland. It is located at the mouth of Carlingford Lough in the townland of Cranfield, County Down . It was once the site of the Cranfield Point lighthouse , marking the entrance to the lough.
The Wild Atlantic Way (Irish: Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourism trail on the west coast, and on parts of the north and south coasts, of Ireland. The 2,500 km [ 1 ] (1,553 mile) driving route passes through nine counties and three provinces , stretching from County Donegal 's Inishowen Peninsula in Ulster to Kinsale , County Cork , in ...
Southernmost point. Punta de Tarifa, Spain (36°00'00.2"N). This is the southernmost point of a small island connected to the coast by a causeway in 1808, so no longer an island. If manmade land is not accepted, the continental southernmost point is located slightly more to the North at 36°00'25"N. Westernmost point.
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.