Bere Island Co. Cork
Ranelads weekend trip to Bere Island Co. Cork, May 2016
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Ireland travel is about taking a journey into the magical. While taking a tour of Ireland you should always include time to travel West Cork and Mizen Head. You can experience more of the West Cork area and Mizen Head at my Ireland blog using the links above.
Whether you are walking the paths of the many parks, climbing the rocky hills, fishing from the rugged coastline, sitting on a sandy beach, taking photographs of the Irish countryside or cycling the winding roads; a tour of this scenic area of southwest County Cork, Ireland is a must.
The drive to Brow Head and Crookhaven will begin in the small village of Goleen. Just outside the village you will see the Fastnet Sails shop, which is located in Kilmoe, the former Church of Ireland church in Goleen.
The road continues along the coastline past Spanish Cove and Rock Island. Once you get past Rock Island, you will see Crookhaven Harbor and the village of Crookhaven on the left. At the very west end of Crookhaven Harbor is White Strand. The entire harbor has incredible tidal flows throughout the day, which are amazing to see. Huge rocks that are visible in the morning will be completely covered by afternoon.
Keep to your left as you go around the end of the harbor. Just up the road, past the strand, you will see a turn on the right that is the entrance to Galley Cove. This road leads up the hill to Brow Head's peak and Marconi Tower.
Following the road up the hill, you will find yourself at a small parking area. From here, you can follow the walking path further up the hill to Marconi Tower. It was built in 1804 as one in a series of towers used for signaling if an invasion force was nearing the coast. Similar towers are located near the end of Mizen Head and along the southern coast of Ireland.
The tower's most famous resident is also its namesake. In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi and his company came to Crookhaven to erect radio masts to be used for testing his radio transmitters. In October and November of that year, messages were successfully sent from Poldhu, Cornwall to Crookhaven. By 1904, the technology of wireless had evolved to a point that made the Crookhaven/Brow Head location useless.
Continuing past the tower and adjacent structures, head down the hill to a small collection of buildings. These buildings (mine manager's house, counting house and miners' barracks) supported the copper mine operations at Brow Head. The mine started to produce copper in 1854 and in 1859; the mine produced 179 tons of ore. Other than a brief time in 1906, the main operations of the mine ceased in 1865.
If you have time and stamina, a walk to the very tip of Brow Head is worth it. As you continue along the paths, you will be amazed just how far down the peninsula you can get. The sight of the cliffs all around you is breathtaking. Keep your eyes on the rocks below, as you may see seals sunning themselves on the rocks. Don't forget to pack a picnic!
Back at the car, begin your trip to Crookhaven. Going down the hill, you will be graced with stunning views of Roaringwater Bay, Clear Island, Sherkin Island and Schull Harbor. Continue on until you get back to the main road. At this intersection, you will turn right and follow the road to Crookhaven.
Crookhaven is a very small village containing three pubs, one store and a huge amount of fun. The beautiful harbor bustles with activity on warm summer days. Sail boats come and go while kids play in the water at the base of the pier. You can't help but be happy when you're in Crookhaven.
The highlight of any trip to Crookhaven is visiting the best pub in the world. O'Sullivan's Bar is second-to-none when it comes to Irish charm. As you walk through the door, Dermot O'Sullivan will greet you with a cheery, Hello boys and girls. Order a toasted special with a Murphy's and find seat by one of the large windows. While you enjoy a quiet lunch, take in the beautiful harbor that sparkles outside the windows. If the weather is warm, be sure to enjoy one of the many picnic tables spread around the pier. Nirvana.
Planning your next vacation to Ireland? Don't forget to tour West Cork, Brow Head and Crookhaven.
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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).