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Father Matthew

Father Matthew is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Musheramore stands 643 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is W.H. Crawford, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 14 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

monument in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Dates from 1864.

Wikidata Q55027847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1884
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates51.90001, -8.47058

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Peace Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bishop Lucey Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bell's Field: 0.3 mi
  • Elysian Japanese Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • St Peter's Park: 0.4 mi
Springs
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 43
Peaks: 38
  • Grange Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Bottle Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Rock Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Lyradane Mountain: 11.7 mi
  • Devonshire's Hill: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 29
Gardens: 21
Museums: 18
Picnic sites: 9
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 3.4 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 3.8 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 12.5 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 12.6 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 8.7 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Power’s Bridge: 13.7 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 15.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Father Matthew. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MusheramoreWNW 290°642.7 m23.0 mi
MusherabegWNW 287°498.8 m23.9 mi
Seefin East TopWNW 295°491 m20.7 mi
SeefinWNW 294°491 m21.6 mi
Mount HillaryNW 313°444.1 m21.4 mi
Knockcraugh HillWNW 296°434 m19.2 mi
BurrenWNW 283°433 m19.0 mi
KnocknaskaghN 6°426.5 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1521:0321:58
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4015:2316:25

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/1813977958

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