Clonakilty County Cork
Places

Clonakilty

28th April 2019

Clonakilty County Cork is a popular tourist town on the West Cork coastline. ‘Clon’ won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1999 and was named ‘Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town’ in 2017. It has a population of about 4,500 and is a vibrant [Continue reading…]

Cork City Grand Parade
Places

Cork City

11th February 2019

Cork City is the administrative centre of County Cork and it is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland. Cork is located at the mouth of the River Lee at the entrance to Cork Harbour making it an important commercial [Continue reading…]

Places

Glengarriff

11th November 2017

Glengarriff is a pretty town located on a sheltered cove on Bantry Bay in the Beara Peninsula in County Cork.The population of this fishing and tourist town is no more than 1,000 although this number increases greatly with the influx of visitors [Continue reading…]

Youghal
Places

Youghal

4th May 2017

Youghal, (Eochaill, meaning “yew wood” in the Irish Language) is located at the mouth of the River Blackwater one of Ireland’s largest and best known rivers. Formerly a Norman walled port, much of which can still be seen, it is now a [Continue reading…]

kinsale ireland
Places

Kinsale

4th May 2017

Kinsale Ireland was a leader in gourmet food long before the rest of the country caught up. In the meantime, Ireland has become a world force in culinary terms but Kinsale has maintained its position at the forefront of food destinations. It’s [Continue reading…]

Bantry House Bantry Ireland
Places

Bantry

4th May 2017

Bantry  is a town on the coast of County Cork at the head of Bantry Bay. The town has a large square, which nowadays is the location of a weekly market and various functions and festivals. Bantry Ireland, being in the path [Continue reading…]

bandon County Cork
Places

Bandon

4th May 2017

Bandon County Cork, sometimes called the Gateway to West Cork, is 27 km south-west of Cork City (about a 30 minute drive to the city centre or Cork Airport). The name in Irish (Droichead na Bandan) literally means “Bridge of the Bandon”, [Continue reading…]

Baltimore County Cork Coast
Places

Baltimore

4th May 2017

Baltimore (Dún na Séad In the Irish Language) is a fishing village in West Cork and is the main ferry port to Cape Clear Island, Sherkin Island the eastern side of Roaring Water Bay and Carbery’s Hundred Isles. The recently restored castle [Continue reading…]