Tips 1 - 6 of 6 County Cork Off The Beaten Path
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Off The Beaten Path: Dursey Island - a well known paradise for hikers
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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 !
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Off The Beaten Path: Ireland's most popular filling-station
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This is certainly the most popular filling station in Ireland, It is situated next to a pub, and I am afraid, it is neighter filled with Beer nor with gasoline. This station is in Co.Kerry, close to the village of Lauragh / An Laithreach, at the north-entrance of the road R 574 to Healy-Pass, that is the border to Co.Cork. The road to Healy-pass is really scenic with a great view over the landscape and some lakes.
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.
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Off The Beaten Path: Allihies - a small village on Beara peninsula
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Allihies is just a tiny village in the north of Beara peninsula and it is well known for its plenty of colorful houses.The roads leading to Allihies are at most places too small for tourist-buses and so this part of Ireland is not yet so crowded, as many other places in County Cork are.
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.
You may click here in order to
see the location of Allihies on a zoomable-map by
www.multimap.com
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Off The Beaten Path: Lough Allua - between Blarney & Bantry
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Lough Allua is one of my favorite secret places in Ireland. I first passed by it accidentally without expecting anything special, when I once drove from Blarney castle towards the town of Bantry on the road R 584. It was rather late already and so I spent the night next to the lake in my motorhome and the other morning I woke up and saw this peaceful picture in the morning-haze, no noises at all except the humming of the bees, and not a single car for several hours...
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...
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Off The Beaten Path: Mizen Head
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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 !
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Off The Beaten Path: Sheep Head - the 2nd finger into the Atlantic
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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...
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sugosun Sun Feb 17, 2008 01:33 UTC
If I go to Cork from Galway - would like to sepnd a couple days there - what mode of transportation would be best? Also - good location to stay for single traveller? | zlatiq Mon Aug 13, 2007 21:27 UTC
and i was afraid that there is not much to do around Cork!thanks for your tips;i hope the weather in november is not gonna be that bad!cheers,z | evaanna Thu Jun 21, 2007 15:54 UTC
Hoping to visit some of those places soon. County Cork looks lovely in your pictures, the colourful houses, the stunning scenery, so much to look forward to. Very nice page with lots of useful information. | Paul2001 Wed May 24, 2006 01:42 UTC
Wow what an enchanting place. The scenery is splendid, as are your photos. |
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