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Recommended - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. Our recommended section is a great place to give your potential customers an in-depth description of your business and to show them photographs. We provide space here at excellent value. Please call 023 8835696. West Cork Model Railway Village. Step back in time and see life as it was in the 1940’s. See the old West Cork railway line portrayed in miniature serving the towns. Allihies & Eyeries. Ballineen & Enniskeane. Glandore & Union Hall. Schull & Mizen. Bantry’s Heritage Loop Walks.
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Cycling routes, trails and maps around West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. The Beara Way Cycling Route. In 1995 Beara Way Cycling Route was set up, enabling cyclists to travel the quiet country roads around the Peninsula. The route starts in Glengarriff and links Adrigole, Castletownbere, Allihies, Eyeries, and back to Glengarriff. The Route is challenging but the scenery is spectacular. Allihies & Eyeries. Ballineen & Enniskeane. Glandore & Union Hall. Schull & Mizen. Bantry’s Heritage Loop Walks. Cape Clear Island Walks. Clonakilty & Area Walks.
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Kinsale - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. Take one spectacular location, season liberally with Norman, Spanish and English influence, add one major battle and let simmer for 400 years. The result… Ireland’s ‘Fine Food Capital’. But, the medieval town of Kinsale is not just about food, it’s about traditional bars, beautiful buildings, narrow streets, shops and galleries and lots of activities on sea and land. Located on the R600, 27km southwest of Cork city. Information courtesy of Kinsale Tourist Office,. Perhaps the best-kno...
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Bandon - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. Bandon or Droichead na Banndan in Irish (meaning the bridge of the Bandon River), is just 20 miles west of Cork city, in the heartland of some of the richest and most beautiful farmland in the country. This town is of huge historical importance, having been established under Queen Elisabeth I as a garrison town to protect the new English plantations. Not just a Mecca for shopping, Bandon is also a business hub with some well known national and international companies based here. B...
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Food, craft & music - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. Food, craft & music. Thanks to its gentle and generous nature, this corner of the world has a wonderful food culture. West Cork’s farmers, award-winning artisan producers and chefs are leading Ireland’s culinary revolution. From traditional pubs to world-class restaurants, at local farmers’ markets, and long-established food festivals, you can enjoy great food, which is locally sourced, right across West Cork. There’s a strong creative community here. Arts and crafts, storytelling...
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Skibbereen - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. Skibbereen and its surrounds provides a truly fulfilling holiday experience with something for all tastes and interests. Located on the N71, 85km west of Cork city. Skibbereen Heritage Centre and Skibbereen Tourist Office. SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION:. Lough Hyne, Knockomagh Woods. Castletownshend is a village about eight km from Skibbereen. The village developed around a small 17th century castle built by Richard Townsend, whose descendants still reside there. Century report it to ...
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Wild Atlantic Way - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. The Wild Atlantic Way, stretching 2,500km along Ireland’s beautiful untamed coastline from Malin Head in Donegal to the Old Head of Kinsale in West Cork, is the world’s longest touring route. The route features 159 ‘Discovery Points’ including ‘15 Wonders of the Wild Atlantic Way’; in other words, iconic must-see sights along Ireland’s west coast, three of which are located in West Cork Dursey Island, Mizen Head and the Old Head of Kinsale. Look out for its unique zigzag signage.
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Villages in West Cork, Ireland
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It's A Place Apart. Adrigole is a village strung approximately 9km along the north-western shore of Bantry Bay on the scenic south coast of the Beara Peninsula. Allihies & Eyeries. The last village at the end of the beautiful Beara peninsula, sits between an impressive rocky mountain range and the rugged Atlantic coast. Ballineen & Enniskeane. The twin villages of Ballineen and Enniskean are set on the banks of the river Bandon, between the towns of Bandon and Dunmanway. A large sign on the approach to D...
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Castletownbere - Explore West Cork
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It's A Place Apart. Castletownbere boasts possibly the finest natural harbour in Ireland. Nestling between the Caha and Slieve Miskish Mountains the town is sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by Bere Island. Fishing is the chief economic activity in the town but fishing only started up in a major way in the 1950s. Castletownbere is currently one of the five main fishing ports on the island of Ireland. It is the largest whitefish port in the country and the second safest natural harbour in the worl...Castl...