Barleycove or Barley Cove (Irish: Bá na hEornan, meaning 'bay of the barley')[1] is a bay and beach in County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland.

[citation needed] The beach itself has been designated as one of several Special Areas of Conservation in Ireland (or SACs) under the European Union's Habitats Directive, due to the variety of wildlife and habitats in the sand dunes.

[2] The area between Barley Cove and Ballyrisode Point (the Barley Cove to Ballyrisode Point SAC) has been designated as a legally protected Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under a number of qualifying Natura 2000 criteria.

It was reported in the Cork Journal of 2 November 1755 that 15 ft waves were experienced as a result of this event.

A side-effect of the tsunami is the dune system at Barley Cove, where much of the beach's sand was deposited by these large waves.