Tarbert, County Kerry

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Tarbert
Tairbeart
Tarbert
Tarbert (County Kerry) (Ireland)
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 52 ° 34 ′  N , 9 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′  N , 9 ° 23 ′  W
Basic data
Country Ireland

province

Muenster
county Kerry
height 2 m
Residents 540 (2016)
Aerial photograph of Tarbert (looking north)
Aerial photograph of Tarbert
(looking north)

Tarbert ( Irish : Tairbeart; transl. Analogously: " Portage ") is a town in County Kerry in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland .

Tarbert Island Lighthouse

Tarbert is in the far north of County Kerry, on the south bank of the mouth of the River Shannon . The place is 19 km northeast of Listowel , on the N69 from Limerick City to Tralee . The population of the place was determined in the Census 2016 with 540 people.

The Tarbert Island Lighthouse , which has been in operation since 1834, is located on Tarbert Island .

traffic

From an island connected to Tarbert by a land bridge, it is possible to take a ferry across the Shannon to County Clare , avoiding a detour of approx. 140 km via Limerick City . On this route, Tarbert is the end point of the national road N67 , which runs in its further course in County Clare near the Atlantic coast towards Galway City .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Tarbert, County Kerry  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Tarbert on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 22, 2018
  2. Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)