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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Portmagee |native_name = {{Irish place name|An Caladh}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Portmagee.jpg |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Munster]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] |subdivision_name3 = [[County Kerry]] |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = [[2016 census of Ireland|2022]] |population_footnotes = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=b56df238-4f15-43d9-bbc4-13a95247a941 | title = Sapmap Area: Settlements Portmagee | work = Census 2022 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] | access-date = 15 June 2022}}</ref> |population = 116 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[West European Time|WET]] |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] ([[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|51.885604|-10.366116|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]] |blank_info = {{iem4ibx|V370730}} |website = |footnotes = }} '''Portmagee''' ({{Irish place name|An Caladh|the ferry}})<ref>{{cite web|title=An Caladh|url=http://www.logainm.ie/1165610.aspx|publisher=logainm.ie|access-date=8 December 2012}}</ref> is a village in [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The village is located on the [[Iveragh peninsula]] south of [[Valentia Island]] and is known locally as 'the ferry', in reference to its purpose as a crossing point to the island. Access to Valentia Island is now via the [[Maurice O'Neill (Irish republican)|Maurice O'Neill]] Memorial Bridge ([[R565 road (Ireland)|R565]] road) from Portmagee, which was built in 1970 and named in memory of a member of the IRA executed in 1942 for his part in the shooting dead of Detective George Mordaunt in Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/tg4-documentary-on-oneill-execution-27406582.html|title=TG4 documentary on O'Neill execution|last=Reidy|first=Marisa|date=27 April 2011|website=The Kerryman|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/lifestyle/the-unofficial-opening-of-valentia-bridge-30064718.html|title=The 'unofficial' opening of Valentia bridge|date=5 March 2014|website=The Kerryman|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>
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