Riverstick

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Riverstick

Air quality index

30Good

Elevation35 m

WeatherAvg high 56.7°F

Coordinates51.77°, -8.50°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Riverstick is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies halfway between Cork City and Kinsale. The village takes its name from the River Stick which flows through the village. The Irish form of the name, Áth an Mhaide, translates as 'ford of the Stick'.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

J

Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond

Irish Countess

Anne Bonny

Female pirate

Eileen Desmond

Irish politician (1932-2005)

C

Cyril Tourneur

English dramatist

J

John William Fenton

British composer (1828–1890)

L

Larry Cummins

Irish long-distance runner

N

Nicholas Madget

Irish nationalist and translator

Timothy McCarthy

Royal Navy sailor (1888-1917)

William Markham

Archbishop of York

M

Martin Coleman Jnr

Irish hurler

Patrick Cotter

sideshow performer (1760-1806)

B

Brendan Lombard

Irish hurler

B

Brian Corry

Irish hurler

D

Darragh Hurley

Irish rugby union player

D

Diarmuid Lynch

Irish politician

E

Eamonn O'Neill

Irish politician (1882-1954)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Cork

• Amherst
  4227.5 mi away
• Sedgwick
  4228.1 mi away
• Crook
  4242 mi away
• Peetz
  4248.4 mi away
• Fleming
  4252.1 mi away
• Laird
  4254.4 mi away
• Padroni
  4259.4 mi away
• Eckley
  4267.2 mi away
• Atwood
  4274.6 mi away
• Idalia
  4280.2 mi away
• Merino
  4280.8 mi away
• Akron
  4291.7 mi away

Browse all places in Cork →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Medium Sedge

Goera pilosa

Seen 2026-07-10

Square Caddisfly

Lepidostoma hirtum

Seen 2026-07-10

Common Carder Bumble Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Seen 2026-07-10

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-07-09

Common Moon Jelly

Aurelia aurita

Seen 2026-07-09

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-07-08

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-08

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-07-08

Cinnabar moth

Tyria jacobaeae

Seen 2026-07-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Riverstick, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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