Crookhaven
An Cruachán | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Waterfront in Crookhaven | |
  Crookhaven Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°27′47″N 9°43′13″W / 51.463°N 9.7202°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 59 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | V805255 |
| Website | www |
| Crookhaven Lighthouse | |
 Crookhaven Lighthouse | |
| Coordinates | 51°28′35″N 9°42′17″W / 51.476470°N 9.704744°W |
| Constructed | 1843 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower and lantern |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Operator | Crookhaven Lighthouse[3][4] |
| Focal height | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Lens | 3rd order dioptric lens |
| Range | white: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) red: 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) |
| Characteristic | LFl WR 8s. |
| Ireland no. | CIL-2570 |
Crookhaven (Irish: An Cruachán) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the most southwestern tip of the island of Ireland. With an out-of-season population of about sixty, it swells in the summer season to about four hundred, when the occupants of the seasonal holiday homes arrive.[1]
- ^ a b On 10 April 2011 ("census night"), the population was recorded at 59 persons in 23 occupied houses, from a housing stock of 125 houses (a 79.2% vacancy rate) "CSO table CD153". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017.
- ^ "CD153: Cork Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic (2011)". Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Ireland (Munster)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Crookhaven Lighthouse". Commissioners of Irish Lights. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.