The ruins of a 14th-century or 15th-century church lie in the grounds of Corkbeg churchyard close to Whitegate village.

[5][6] Once a fishing port and known for lace-making, during the 20th-century Whitegate became the location for Ireland's only oil refinery.

[7] Aghada Power Generating plant lies on the other side of the bay.

The writer William Wall grew up here, though his home, then vacant, was destroyed in a fire in 2008 in a suspected arson attack.

[10] The Hiberno-Norman FitzGerald family (a sub-branch of the Desmond Geraldines that owned Corkbeg and Lisquinlan), were landowners in the area.