Garryvoe Castle tower house
Beach at Garryvoe

Garryvoe (Irish: Garraí Bhoithe) is a civil parish in the historical barony of Imokilly in County Cork, Ireland.[1] The civil parish is centred on a small settlement, also referred to as Garryvoe, which lies on the R632 regional road between Ladysbridge, and Shanagarry and fronts onto Garryvoe Beach.[2]

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fulacht fiadh and enclosure sites in the townlands of Garryvoe Lower, Garryvoe Upper and Ballybutler.[3] Garryvoe Castle, a ruined tower house in the townland of Garryvoe Lower,[3] is sometimes associated with the Anglo-Norman Carew family.[4][5] A ruined medieval church and graveyard is located nearby.[4][6][7]

While previously classified as a Blue Flag beach,[8] as of 2020 the beach at Garryvoe was classified as an "identified bathing water" area of "sufficient" quality.[9]

The TikTok personality and radio presenter, Miriam Mullins, is from the area.[10]

References

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  1. ↑ "Garraí Bhoithe / Garryvoe". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Garryvoe Beach". discoverireland.ie. Fáilte Ireland. Retrieved 24 May 2023. Garryvoe Beach is a pebble beach located in the village on Garryvoe [..] located just off the road from Ladysbridge to Shanagarry in County Cork
  3. 1 2 Power, Denis, ed. (1997). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. ISBN 9780707649337.
  4. 1 2 Tjemmes, Marko. "Garryvoe Castle". castles.nl. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Hartnett, P. J. (1945). "Some Imokilly Castles" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 2. 50 (171): 52.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Garryvoe". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Dublin: Lewis – via libraryireland.com.
  7. ↑ Heritage Castles of County Cork (PDF) (Report). Cork County Council. 2017. p. 21.
  8. ↑ O'Riordan, Sean (23 May 2013). "No blue flag status for 4 Cork beaches". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Bathing Water Quality in Ireland - A report for the year 2020 (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency. May 2021. p. 18. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via rte.ie. Ten bathing waters are currently classified as Sufficient, which is the minimum acceptable standard [..] Table 5 lists the bathing waters classified as Sufficient in 2020 [..] Cork County Council / Garryvoe / Sufficient
  10. ↑ "Cork TikTok star: Pandemic gave me a career... and 1.6 million fans". The Echo. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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