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Bantry House

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A fine example of an Irish country house, built in 1740 and added to in 1765. The house has some wonderful paintings, tapestries and decoration yet retains all the atmosphere of the family home it still is. You will find this a place that is very welcoming to visitors and with fine views of the Bay from the refurbished and replanted gardens. Bantry House is also home to a whole series of excellent music concerts through the West Cork Music Festival and the Masters of Tradition Festival, a programme of concerts that has achieved national status.

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Visit West Cork and enjoy our unpolluted Atlantic air, our clear, blue-green seawater, and a host of holiday activities such as hill-walking, sea fishing, riding, golf, sailing, kayaking or cycling. Or you can venture up through the Healy Pass and the mountains into County Kerry and the famous Lakes of Killarney. Or maybe you would just rather relax and watch the world go by, sit and talk over a pot of tea or a quiet drink.

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Tranquility

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Take time for yourself, enjoy the peace and quiet that can be found anywhere in West Cork just off the beaten track. Walk among the trees of the ancient forest at Glengarriff, watching the play of the dappled light on the streams that wend their way among the rocks - time to relax, time for reflection, time for yourself. 

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Blarney Castle

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On your way to or from West Cork, one of the favourite stopping off points is Blarney Castle, built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland's greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy.  Over the last few hundred years millions have flocked to Blarney, making it a world landmark. Now that might have something to do with the Blarney Stone, the legendary Stone of Eloquence, found at the top of the Tower. They say that if you kiss it you'll never again be lost for words. There's only one way to find out...

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Allihies

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Allihies village is 12 miles west of Castletownbere on the Ring of Beara Route, overlooking the sweep of Ballydonegan Bay with its strand of fine sand formed from the crushed ore washed down to the sea from the Victorian copper mines. The sand sparkles brilliantly in the sun due to the high concentration of tiny quartz crystals released from the crushed rock.

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Visit West Cork and enjoy our unpolluted Atlantic air, our clear, blue-green seawater, and a host of holiday activities such as hill-walking, sea fishing, riding, golf, sailing, kayaking or cycling. garinish1
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Or maybe you would rather just relax and watch the world go by, sit and talk over a pot of tea or a quiet drink?

Or you could savour the rich historical heritage of the area with its standing stones, ring forts and stone circles, and the atmospheric fortifications from the time of the Napoleonic Wars. drombeg
healypass Or you can venture up through the Healy Pass and the mountains into County Kerry and the famous Lakes of Killarney.

Real Food! With a mild climate, non-intensive farming and a long seafaring tradition, West Cork has a growing reputation as one of Europe's premier food producing regions.

We have a great number of truly great restaurants and bars catering for all tastes together with our own annual Food Festival and numerous Farmers’ and Country Markets for you to browse through and sample the extensive range of local produce. Both restaurateurs and producers have a pride in what they do and many of them have become award winners in their field.


West Cork is like nowhere else in the world, truly a place apart...

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