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The Old Head of Kinsale (Irish: An Seancheann) is a headland near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. A castle has been on the headland since at least the 3rd century, with the current iteration built in 1223.
Built by the de Courcy family [15] (Barons of Kinsale). Now a complete ruin Old Head Castle Old Head of Kinsale: Tower house: 13th century Another de Courcy castle built in defence of the Kinsale coast. Only some walls remain [16] A nearby signal tower (1805) has since been restored. [17]
Kinsale (/ k ɪ n ˈ s eɪ l / kin-SAYL; Irish: Cionn tSáile, meaning 'head of the brine' [2]) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland.Located approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,991 (as of the 2022 census) [1] which increases in the summer ...
The Kinsale Head gas field is a depleted offshore natural gas field in the Celtic Sea, located 50 km (31 mi) off the southern coast of County Cork, Ireland. Discovered in 1971 [1] [2] near the Old Head of Kinsale, it met Ireland's gas needs until 1996. [3] The gas field is located in a water depth of 100 metres and 1,000 metres below the seabed ...
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Shortly afterward he transmitted the ship's position, 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Old Head of Kinsale. [3]: 228 At 14:14, electrical power failed, plunging the cavernous interior of the ship into darkness. Radio signals continued on emergency batteries, but electric lifts failed, trapping crew members in the forward cargo hold who ...
The action of 13 August 1780 was a minor naval battle fought off the Old Head of Kinsale (County Cork, Ireland) in which the 64-gun French "private man of war" Comte d'Artois fought two British Royal Navy ships, Bienfaisant and Charon, during the American Revolutionary War.
Kinsale Harbour: Unknown: 5 m (16 ft) 18 m (59 ft) 9 nmi (17 km) Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse: Old Head of Kinsale: Cork: Celtic Sea: 1665/1853: 30 m (98 ft) 72 m (236 ft) 20 nmi (37 km) Galley Head Lighthouse: Galley Head