Crookhaven (An Cruachán in Irish) is a scenic village in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, on the most south-western tip of Ireland. A winter population of about 40 swells in the summer to about 400 with the occupants of the many holiday homes arriving.

The village is steeped in history. It was an important port of call for shipping between Europe and the United States. Many of its early inhabitants were in the business of supplying the ships as they sheltered in Crookhaven after or before a long voyage.

The village has three pubs. O'Sullivans faces into the harbour and it's walls are adorned with historical pictures of the village and notes about the area - a veritable museum with a beautiful view, great atmosphere and ample liquid refreshment.

Nottages, or The Welcome Inn to give it its formal title, is only open during the summer and is the home of a regular crowd (you have to go there to know what "regular" means). The pub was once owned by a Mr Nottage. Mr Nottage was an English gentleman who came to the village to work at the Marconi signal station . The pub still retains its aged character. The last pub is The Crookhaven Inn. The pub building today was once the bottle store for the much grander pub and hotel located across the road. When the orignal building was converted to flats, the bottle store was converted to this quaint and charming pub.

The village also has a shop and post office located next to O'Sullivans.

The road to the village comes from Goleen and curves around the harbour. From the opposite side of the harbour the village is an incredible sight.

As one drives from Goleen, one passes a road to the left leading onto Rock Island. Today you will see a set of pink holiday cottages. However, this was originally a coast guard station until it was burnt down in the 1920s. Also on Rock Island was a fishery plant. From here most of the shellfish of Ireland was exported to Europe. The ponds were open until the late 1970s (some today would remember selling shrimp there) but is now a food processing plant packaging garlic butter and mussels.

See also: List of towns in the Republic of Ireland