Garryvoe

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{{short description|Civil parish in County Cork, Ireland}}

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Garryvoe ({{irish place name|Garraí Bhoithe}}) is a civil parish in the historical barony of Imokilly in County Cork, Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/579.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Garraí Bhoithe / Garryvoe | accessdate = 24 May 2023 }} The civil parish is centred on a small settlement, also referred to as Garryvoe, which lies on the R632 regional road between Ladysbridge, and Shanagarry and fronts onto Garryvoe Beach.{{cite web|url = https://www.discoverireland.ie/cork/garryvoe-beach| website = discoverireland.ie | publisher = Fáilte Ireland | title = Garryvoe Beach | accessdate = 24 May 2023 | quote = Garryvoe Beach is a pebble beach located in the village on Garryvoe [..] located just off the road from Ladysbridge to Shanagarry in County Cork}}

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fulacht fiadh and enclosure sites in the townlands of Garryvoe Lower, Garryvoe Upper and Ballybutler.{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | editor-first = Denis | editor-last = Power | date = 1997 | isbn = 9780707649337 }} Garryvoe Castle, a ruined tower house in the townland of Garryvoe Lower, is sometimes associated with the Anglo-Norman Carew family.{{cite web|url = https://www.castles.nl/garryvoe-castle | first = Marko |last = Tjemmes | website = castles.nl | title = Garryvoe Castle | accessdate = 24 May 2023 }}{{cite journal | url = https://www.corkhist.ie/wp-content/uploads/jfiles/1945/b1945-009.pdf | last = Hartnett | first = P. J. | title = Some Imokilly Castles | series = 2 | volume = 50 | issue = 171 | date = 1945 | journal = Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society | page = 52 }} A ruined medieval church and graveyard is located nearby.{{cite book |chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/G/Garryvoe-Imokilly-Cork.php | chapter = Garryvoe | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | date = 1837 | via = libraryireland.com | first = Samuel | last = Lewis | place = Dublin | publisher = Lewis }}{{cite report | url = https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-10/heritage_castles_of_county_cork_2017.pdf | title = Heritage Castles of County Cork | page = 21 | date = 2017 | publisher = Cork County Council }}

While previously classified as a Blue Flag beach,{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20232026.html| publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | first = Sean | last = O'Riordan | title = No blue flag status for 4 Cork beaches | date = 23 May 2013 | accessdate = 25 May 2023 }} as of 2020 the beach at Garryvoe was classified as an "identified bathing water" area of "sufficient" quality.{{cite report| url = https://www.rte.ie/documents/news/2021/05/bathing-water.pdf | title = Bathing Water Quality in Ireland - A report for the year 2020 | publisher = Environmental Protection Agency | via = rte.ie | date = May 2021 | accessdate = 25 May 2023 | quote = Ten bathing waters are currently classified as Sufficient, which is the minimum acceptable standard [..] Table 5 lists the bathing waters classified as Sufficient in 2020 [..] Cork County Council / Garryvoe / Sufficient |page = 18 }}

The TikTok personality and radio presenter, Miriam Mullins, is from the area.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-06 |title=Cork TikTok star: Pandemic gave me a career... and 1.6 million fans |url=https://www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-40713935.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |work=The Echo |language=en}}