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A consortium of oil companies formed the Irish Refining Company Limited to construct and operate a refinery; the participant companies and their interests were Esso (40%), Shell-Mex & BP (40%) and Caltex (20%). The refinery was constructed on a 330-acre (133 ha) site at Whitegate, East Cork, County Cork.
Once a fishing port and known for lace-making, during the 20th-century Whitegate became the location for Ireland's only oil refinery. This facility, Whitegate refinery, was built on Corkbeg Island on one side of Whitegate Bay and has been owned by Irving Oil since 2016. [7] Aghada Power Generating plant lies on the other side of the bay.
The Gearagh (Irish: An Gaorthadh) [2] is a submerged glacial woodland and nature reserve two kilometres southwest of Macroom, County Cork, in Kilmichael parish, Ireland. It is located at the point where the River Lee descends from the mountains and widens at an alluvial plain, and stretches for roughly five kilometres, bounded by the townlands ...
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Parks in Cork (city) (6 P) R. River Lee (9 P) Pages in category "Geography of Cork (city)" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Lough Hyne (/ l ɒ x ˈ h aɪ n /; Irish: Loch Oighinn, meaning 'lake of the cauldron' [3]) is a fully marine sea lough in West Cork, Ireland, about 5 km southwest of Skibbereen. It was designated as Ireland's first Marine Nature Reserve in 1981.
Cork Harbour (Irish: Cuan Chorcaí) [2] is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.It is one of several which lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area" (after Port Jackson, Sydney). [3]
Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z This is a list of towns and villages in County Cork, Ireland. A Adrigole Aghabullogue Aghada Ahakista ...