Ahakista
Átha an Chiste | |
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Village | |
 Countryside near Ahakista | |
  Ahakista Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°36′N 9°38′W / 51.600°N 9.633°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish grid reference | V869399 |
Ahakista (Irish: Átha an Chiste or Áth an Chiste)[1] is located approximately halfway along the Sheep's Head peninsula between Durrus and Kilcrohane in County Cork, Ireland. It is a wooded coastal village with a deep and sheltered harbour.
- ^ While the Placenames Commission offers no official Irish derivation its scanned record entries include Áth an Chiste and Ath an Chíste as variants; Otherwise bilingual signs entering and within the village read "Átha an Chiste".