Ferriter's Cove
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| Ferriter's Cove | |
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 Ferriter's Cove | |
  Ferriter's Cove Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Kerry, Munster, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°10′16″N 10°26′49″W / 52.171°N 10.447°W |
| Type | Cove |
| Part of | Atlantic Ocean |
Ferriter's Cove (Irish: Cuan an Chaoil)[1] is a small bay located at the westernmost point of Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is in the Dún Urlainn (Dunurlin) parish and electoral division of the Dingle rural area (pop. 438, 2011 census).[2]
The cove's English name refers to the Ferriter family, whose name derives from the Norman French le Fereter. Walter le Fereter, the ancestor of many later Ferriters, is the first person known in the area with the name and probably arrived following other Normans from Dublin. He was mentioned twice in a plea roll of 1252. The parish of Dunurlin is also recorded as being in the Ferriter's possession, and the name also exists in the nearby village of Baile 'n Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter).[3]
Geography
At the northern limit, the bedrock around the Cove is Devonian (419.2-358.9 mya) in age, beginning with conglomerate sandstone and siltstone of the Pointagare group, then the Ballydavid sandstone formation and further south the medium-grained Farran sandstone formation. Furthest south the igneous Silurian (443.8–419.2 mya) rocks of the Foilnamahagh Formation are dominant, with lavas and pyroclastic remnants.[4][5]
Between 2009 and 2017 (at Baile 'n Fheirtéaraigh), for January and July respectively, the mean temperatures are 8 C and 16C and the mean rainfall 207mm and 153mm; the highest and lowest mean wind speeds were 39.3 km/h (November 2009) and 14.3 km/h (July 2013) respectively, with the highest wind speeds generally in winter.[6]