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Dursey Island is an uninhabited island at the west-tip of Beara Peninsula and it is a well known paradise for hikers and bird-watchers.
Ireland's only cable-car takes its passengers there according to a fixed timetable or upon appointment - you may find the owner's telephone-number at the door and he will arrive within a short time after your call, he is one of the farmers nearby.
the island was not all the time uninhabited and so you may see the ruins of an old castle there. For Dursey-island you should schedule a whole day in order to explore it ! Leave a Comment
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 Allihies - a small village on
Beara peninsula by globetrott, 3 more photos
Allihies is situated on the northern ring-road leading to Dursey-island
Take some time to explore it and take pictures, this village still has the typical charme of a traditional irish village on the coast !
In Allihies several films were made because of the great background-scenery.
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Mizen Head is the very end of the southernmost of the 4 big peninsulas in the very south-west of Ireland. There is a really narrow road to the very end of Mizen Head and there you may spend a night in the wilderness, if you bring the right equipment.
There will be nothing else then you, some sheep and the cliffs of the Atlantic...
...and a lot of wind maybe.
Leave your car at the large parking at the end of the road and take a walk to the light-house along the scenic coastline. Watch out for the white herons - they are quite shy and will fly away as soon as you get closer than 100 meters - so you better use a tele-lense like my APO 5,6/400mm or an even better one ! Leave a Comment
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 Ireland's most popular
filling-station at Healy
Pa by globetrott,
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Healy Pass was once built in order to give some work for the poor population of Ireland and it helps to have a rather fast connection between Adrigole in the south and Lauragh in the north. The road over Healy Pass is quite narrow and with my big Mercedes-motorhome I had to drive some of the various bends very carefully. Only at a few places you may stop there and take a look around without blocking the road. Leave a Comment
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 Lough Allua - between Blarney
& Bantry by globetrott, 3 more photos
Please click on my pictures in order to see also the other pics of that magic place, including the spider-net in the morning-sun... Leave a Comment
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Sheep Head is the name of the tip of the peninsula that makes the 2nd finger reaching into the Atlantic from the south-west of Ireland .
A tiny road will take you through the wild landscape with only a very few houses here or there. this peninsula makes a perfect place for wild camping, as long as you respect the common rules. Most probably your motorhome will be visited only by the local sheep and once it even happened to me at such an occasion that a group of sheep started to scream as long as I stayed in the parking-bay that they normally use themselves during the night. Finally it was so noisy that I was searching for a different parking and the sheep took over my parking-space... Leave a Comment
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Cloyne is a village in East Cork which we drove through on our way from Garryvoe Beach on my first day in Ireland. Though only a village, Cloyne boasts a cathedral, built on the site of an early Christian monastery founded here by St Colman Mac Lenene around 560. The monastery buildings were burned in 1137.
The Church of Ireland Cathedral dates back to 1250 but, having been completely modernised over the centuries, it little resembles the original structure. Its most famous bishop was George Berkeley, the great 18th century philosopher.
Right opposite the cathedral is a round tower, one of a number of such constructions in Ireland dating back to the Middle Ages. Once thought to have been used as watchtowers to warn the inhabitants against Viking invasions, they are now believed to have served simply as bell towers, which their name in Gaelic - cloictheath, or bellhouse, clearly suggests. The tower stands out proudly from the modern buildings on its sides, with rooks nesting high up in its battlements. Until recently it was possible to climb the ladders up to the top for a great view but alas this is now considered too risky and no visitors are allowed inside.
Not far from the tower is the statue of Christy Ring, Ireland's most celebrated hurler (1920-1979), who was born and lived in the area. Leave a Comment
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 Cape Clear Campsite by Clodagh
It is a sparcely populated island with beautiful scenery, good publife and a very resonable priced , beautifully located campsite. You can also rent out houses there.
Truly one of the nicest places in Ireland. Leave a Comment
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In the 6th century St. Finbarr, the patron saint of Cork, allegedly founded a hermitage here, and you can still see the ruins. Behind the chapel an old cross leans against a tree, and both of them have hundreds of coins sticking in them. It reminded of a more labourious version of the custom to throw coins in a fountain, or maybe the cross is supposed to have some healing powers, and people are asking for some cure this way. Leave a Comment
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