Explore Cork - Ballydonegan Beach
When standing on the coarse white sand of Ballydonegan beach in Allihies on a glorious summer's day you could be forgiven for thinking you're in a different country. It's true to an extent.
A solid two and a half hour journey from the city centre, Allihies is one of the county's most south westerly outposts on the tip of the Beara Peninsula and the perfect place to find tranquillity after a hard week. It's not somewhere people from the eastern half of the county would go for a daytrip but Beara is full of B&Bs and to make it even easier there's a camp site less than a stone's throw from the beach itself.
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Music: Panthur - Day-Glow
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Lyrische Irlandwanderung nach Allihies
Über die Miskish Mountains zu den Kupferminen nach Allihies mit Musik und
einigen Gedanken.
Atlantic storm, Eyeries, Beara, Co. Cork
Stormy Sea, Eyeries, nov. 2nd 2013
【アイルランド旅行】 アイルランドで唯一のロープウェイ (Cable Car to Dursey Island Co. Cork)
アイルランド南西のコーク州のベア半島からダージー島に渡るアイルランド唯一のロープウェイ(現地ではケーブルカーと呼んでいます)に乗ってみました。
【コーク州の最高峰登頂記 - ベラ半島、ダージー(ダーセイ)島 etc】
【アイルランドで山登り - アイルランド全県の最高峰制覇に挑戦】
【アイルランド旅行 - ドライブ旅行、小旅行 etc】
(Ireland's only cable car operating between the mainland and the Dursey Island located in the Beara Peninsula Co Cork)
ALLIHIES APRIL 2009
Weekend in Allihies, West Cork. Deadly!!!
Allihies Self Catering Beara Cork Ireland
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Eagle Hill Cottage4
Eagle Hill Cottage, self catering short letting near Castletownbere on the Beara peninsula
Flight over the Ballydonegan Cork Beach
A sunny day at Ballydonegan Co. Cork
Dromagowlane, Adrigole, Beara, Co. Cork
Allihies Holiday Homes Allihies Cork Ireland
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Urhan to Allihies old mine road. Beara Peninsula, Cork, Ireland.
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
Ireland September 2009
We arrived in Dublin about 9am and took an Air Coach into Dublin near Trinity and did the short walk to the Clarence in Temple Bar, partly owned by Bono of U2. Fortunately a room was available immediately. We were tired but we immediately went out and did a tour of Trinity and saw many interesting things including the Book of Kells, walked down Grafton Street, and through Stephens Green, went to the Irish National Museum and took a quick hop on hop off bus ride through Dublin, then ate out (Irish Stew and Boxty) and then to Gogarty's for Traditional Irish folk signing til about 11 am, the latter in Temple Bar... very entertaining place and full of restaurants, bars, and music. The Gogarty place was totally packed and the crowd sang along with the folk songs all of which were new to us. The crowd would never meet Calif. fire codes.
Next day, got on bus again, and took a tour of the Guinness Storehouse (great must do in Dublin). Connie and I have drunk more Guinness on this trip than the rest of our lives combined. Then toured Kilmainham Gaol (Jail), which had all the history of the 1916 execution of the leaders of the Irish Easter Rising of 1916 and the subsequent rebellion that eventually led to a Anglo Irish Treaty in 1921, which divided the island into Northern Ireland and the rest, a bloody civil war, an Irish Free State in 1922, (see the Michael Collins movie) and finally the Republic of Ireland in 1949. (Now we saw a crowd march and demonstrate against Nama, the Irish bank bail out. There is also an ongoing debate about the EU Lisbon Treaty.) That night we ate out again at the Quay in the Temple Bar and then turned in earlier.
Rented car, drove across Ireland towards Galway and down to the Cliffs of Moher. Very windy, about 50 mph winds. Saw puffins and all. Drove through Lisdoonvarna looking for where Karl and Carol Ann stayed but never saw it. Stayed in Doolin at a BB with stone walls and fairly new, and went to pub for dinner, Guinness and more folk signing. Wind howled all night.
Next day drove to Kilrush and Killmer for the ferry across to Talbert, then down to Trallee and on to Killarney. Drove through the Killarney Lakes, took a jaunty ride, toured Muckross House in Killarney National Park. Very scenic lakes. Decided to forgo the Dingle Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry in favor of the Beara Peninsula. Stayed in Killarney at the Fairview right downtown, walked the town, and ate a great meal at the Fairview.
Today, drove to Kenmare and around the Beara Peninsula and most importantly over the Healy pass. Healy pass was very scenic, was up high with sheep all around and beautiful views of lakes on the Kerry side and a more barren landscape on the Cork side. Drove into Bantry, where Connie was determined to do genealogy (are we done yet) and toured the Bantry House (baron was titled the land for whatever brave thing he did stopping the attempted invasion of Bantry in 1796 by Wolfe Tone and 43 French ships. He mostly won by dint of bad weather for the ships, but got his title anyway. Pretty gardens etc. After just about giving up finding a decent place to stay in Bantry found the 2.5 year old Maritime Hotel, which is great! And even has wifi.
Tomorrow, Connie plans to go to Bantry museum and a graveyard looking for a great great great grandfather and whoever.
Btw, no problem whatsoever with reservations etc. anywhere we've gone. Although armed with books listing places, we've just done it all on the fly and most times were not at the counter asking about a room until about 6 pm. Seems the recession has hit tourism hard. We were told that last year our modus operandi would have been disaster.
Connie volunteered to drive and has done very well. I'm happy to be the navigator, but I have to say driving these roads is a Mad Hatter ride (Connie corrects me to say its a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride).
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Mullet Dursey Sound May 2010, Beara, West Cork, Ireland
co.kerry ballybunion nun's beach
ireland ,co.kerry .ballybunion ,beach. drone .sea stack .cliff's
O'Neills bar Allihies Beara on the Wild Atlantic Way
O'Neills bar Allihies Beara on the Wild Atlantic Way
Reflections On A Lake - Caragh Lake, Ireland
Filmed on and around Caragh Lake, a large scenic lake in County Kerry, Ireland.
Just off the Wild Atlantic Way.
Produced by Tadhg Hayes Video Production.
Music by Ryan Taubert.
Special thanks to John Waxie, tiler extraordinaire, for steering the ship; Mike for use of the boats; Pa and Jerry for back up; and Michelle for everything.
© Caragh Lake House 2017
Cliff jumping Allihies West Cork - Taj Crew
Cliff jumping Allihies West Cork - Taj Crew
Clonakilty Co. Cork Ireland
Clonakilty is situated within the heartland of West Cork and is renowned for its beautiful streetscapes, colourful shop fronts and selection of fine hotels, restaurants, guesthouses, pubs and cafes. The narrow streets and lanes of the town open into elegant squares; a notable feature of the town is the 18th century Emmet Square, which is surrounded by some beautiful houses with impressive Georgian doorways.
Walking along the narrow streets of the town one can see Harringtons Butchers, where the famous Clonakilty black pudding is still manufactured today to the original recipe that was first prepared in 1880. The colourful shop fronts and hanging baskets of flowers are striking as one strolls through the town.
There are many historic buildings to be seen in the area such as the Post Office, which is housed in an old Presbyterian church. Also worthy of mention is the national Michael Collins Memorial Statue, which was unveiled on August 22nd 2002, in tribute to one of the greatest military and political leaders in Irish History. Not far from there, just off the main coastal road to Kinsale, is the restored site of an ancient fort called Lis na-gCon.
Clonakilty is an ideal holiday destination and an ideal base from which to tour West Cork. It is an area flavoured with some of West Cork's most spectacular scenery. There are some fantastic beaches around the area, such as Red Strand, where one can see the famous Galley Head lighthouse. There are also many wonderful towns such as Timoleague, Courtmacsherry and Rosscarbery just a short drive from Clonakilty.
Dursey Island
From the mainland :) Cable car is coming...
Reentrisk Bride
Michelle and Mikes wedding in Allihies on the 26 May 2017. A great wedding