Myrtleville

Myrtleville Irish: Baile an Chuainín
Townland
Myrtleville Beach taken from Fennells' Bay
Myrtleville Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°46′58″N 08°17′46″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Eircode	P43

Myrtleville (Irish: Baile an Chuainín, meaning 'town of the small harbour')[1] is a small seaside village in County Cork, Ireland. The village lies within the townlands of Ballinluska and Myrtleville, just west of the entrance to Cork Harbour.[2] Myrtleville has one grocery shop, a pub, and a restaurant.[3]

18th and 19th century records of the local estate houses associate Myrtleville House with the Daunt family.[4][5] One of the other waterfront properties, Bunnyconnellan, developed around a cottage from 1824, operated for several decades as a restaurant, bar and a hotel[6] until its closure in 2022.[7] County development plans, including from the 1990s,[8] allowed the building of modern houses with limitations ensuring the protection of the village's character, such as only allowing one-storey houses plus attic. Crosshaven rugby club has its sports ground at the top of Myrtleville hill.

The beach at Myrtleville is used by swimmers all year round,[9] with frequent fundraising swims organized.[10][11]

The northern part of the Myrtleville shore

See also

• Fountainstown

References

1. "Myrtleville / Baile an Chuainín". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
2. "Myrtleville Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Irish Townlands. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
3. "Old Myrtleville Website". myrtleville.com. Myrtleville. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
4. "Myrtleville House". myrtleville.com. Cappieri. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016.
5. "Myrtleville House". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. Landed Estates Database. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
6. "Bunnyconnellan is for sale". Irish Examiner. 27 March 1976.
7. Shanahan, Catherine (24 August 2024). "Splash out on ocean view". Irish Examiner.
8. "More housing at Myrtleville". Southern Star. 26 April 1997.
9. "Contact & Swim Times". myrtlevilleswimmers.com. Myrtleville Swimmers. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
10. "Vampire swim thriller". Evening Echo. 30 October 2019.
11. Haughney, Mary (3 August 2023). "Record numbers take part in Myrtleville to Church Bay swim". Evening Echo.