Portmagee

Portmagee
Irish: An Caladh
Village
Portmagee is located in Ireland
Portmagee
Portmagee
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°53′08″N 10°21′58″W / 51.885604°N 10.366116°W / 51.885604; -10.366116
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Kerry
Population
 (2022)[1]
116
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceV370730

Portmagee (Irish: An Caladh, meaning 'the ferry')[2] is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. The village is located on the Iveragh peninsula south of Valentia Island, and is known locally as 'the ferry', in reference to its purpose as a crossing point to the island. Access to Valentia Island is now via the Maurice O'Neill Memorial Bridge (R565 road) from Portmagee, which was built in 1970 and named in memory of a member of the IRA executed in 1942 for his part in the shooting dead of Detective George Mordaunt in Dublin.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Portmagee". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "An Caladh". logainm.ie. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. ^ Reidy, Marisa (27 April 2011). "TG4 documentary on O'Neill execution". The Kerryman. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ "The 'unofficial' opening of Valentia bridge". The Kerryman. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2018.