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Dungarvan (Irish: Dún Garbhán, meaning 'Garbhann's Fort') is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland.Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford.
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Dungarvan (Irish: Dún Garbháin) [1] is a small village and civil parish in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [2] It is situated about 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Kilkenny city, on the R448 road between Gowran and Thomastown .
Dungarvan Castle is composed of a polygonal shell keep, enclosed with a curtain wall, with corner and gate towers. The 12th-century shell keep is the earliest part of the structure, with this form of keep being common in England, but rare in Ireland. There is a two-storey military barracks within the walls dating from the early 18th-century.
Map of Waterford Greenway. The Waterford Greenway features 11 bridges, three viaducts and a 400-metre tunnel and runs between the city of Waterford, Mount Congreve, Kilmeaden, Kilmacthomas, and Dungarvan, and passes along part of the Copper Coast. At 46 km, it is Ireland's longest greenway. [2]
It was officially called Dungarvan Bay (Helvic Head), although from 1930 this was reversed to become Helvic Head (Dungarvan Bay). [5] [6] [1] The station was closed in 1969 but a new inshore lifeboat station was established in 1997. The lifeboat was housed in temporary accommodation until the permanent facilities were ready in 1999. [1] [7]
Helvick or Helvick Head (Irish: Heilbhic, Ceann Heilbhic, Old Norse: Hellavík) is a headland on the southern end of Dungarvan Harbour, Ireland; it is the eastern tip of the Ring Peninsula. [1] [2] [3] Formed of Old Red Sandstone, it is the easternmost protrusion of a ridge that begins near Cork City. [4] Royal National Lifeboat Institution station
Kilrossanty (Irish: Cill Rosanta) [1] is a small village and civil parish in County Waterford, Ireland. [2] It lies between the Comeragh Mountains and the R676 road between Dungarvan and Carrick-on-Suir, close to the Mahon Falls.