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In the early winter of 2012, I spent nine days trudging from field to field and tower to tower in Southwest Ireland. My trip was based in the Mizen Peninsula in West Cork. Along the way, I visited Castledonovan, Toormore, attempted to have tea with Jeremy Irons at his Kilcoe Castle, got lost down beautiful country roads, scaled the walls to visit the ruins of Rossbrin Castle and Raheen Castle near Rineen. I also spent a fantastic day exploring the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. While there I visited Inch Beach, Minard Castle, the Dunbeg Promontory Fort, Coumeenoole Beach, Gallerus Oratory and Kilmalkedar Monastery. I finished my nine days in West Cork exploring an old estate and castle in Downeen near Rosscarbery, Coppinger's Court, the ancient Drombeg Stone Circle and braved the lady of the lake at Three Castle Head. Please join me on this fantastic tour of one of the most amazing places on earth.
As Robert Frost Once Said...
Over the coming weeks, I will be sharing my personal thoughts, practical ideas and historical facts about my most recent trip to West Cork. On this particular trip, I was by myself as I explored many sites in the West Cork area that over time have largely been forgotten. I also spent a very long day seeing Dingle. I will be telling the story using my words and photographs. I make no claims of being Mark Twain or Ansel Adams, but I will do my best to create an image that captures the magic of West Cork.
The title of this series is Nine Days in the Mud. I know it's not a very original considering I was in Ireland for nine days in late November and early December but Road to West Cork sounded too Bing and Bob.
Planning for this trip started like most when I'm traveling without my wife and kids. I travel a great deal for work and adding that extra week away from the family is sometimes hard to reconcile in my mind. Shawn, my wife, keeps assuring me that it is fine. I grumble about feeling bad for leaving them yet again for the sake of having fun. Ultimately, the cycle is broken, and I head to the Aer Lingus website to purchase my ticket. There's no turning back now. On the evening of November 25, I'm headed to Ireland!
With two days to spare, I decided to get my trip planned. I don't want to be over prepared! I grabbed my books, my ordinance maps and a cup of coffee. It was reminiscent of an old war movie with a grizzled general studying the map table determining his strategy. One book in particular was very helpful. It was written by Jack Roberts and is called Exploring West Cork: The Guide to Discovering the Ancient, Sacred and Historic Sites of West Cork. The book details so many lost places in West Cork and gives a general idea of where they're located. From here, I would go to my collection of Ordnance Survey Ireland maps to find the exact location. I paged through the book marking places of interest and then marked them with color coded Post-its. My maps were painted with rainbows of Irish fun, and I was basking in the organized glow of the German part of my ancestry. With a plan in place, I was ready to go.
Before I end, I have to get something off my chest. This is a note (and the practical information portion of this program) for those of you who have never been to Ireland. ALL Irish tourist sites and brochures lie. Every one of them. Without exception. Scandalous words I know.
Here's my point before I'm taken out back and made to eat my words. You look at all this material, and what do you see? You see people in shirtsleeves enjoying the sites while basking in the sun. Oh sure, some of the photos have a bit of cloud cover and people wearing jackets. However, they never show the days, and there are lots of them, when it's extremely windy and raining sideways. Just once, I'd like to see a mass of miserable tourists huddled around a small fire attempting to raise their temperature to pleasantly frozen. A lot of places in the world claim to have four seasons in one day. Ireland does this regularly, beautifully and without fanfare!
So. What did Robert Frost say?
From his poem The Road Not Taken:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Let's take that less traveled road. You never know who or what you'll meet.
Places visited:
Castledonovan
Kilcoe Castle -- Jeremy Irons
Rossbrin Castle
Inch Beach
Minard Castle
Dunbeg Promontory Fort
Dingle
Coumeenoole Beach
Reask Monastic Site
Gallarus Oratory
Kilmalkedar Monastery
Raheen Castle
Castlehaven Harbor
Glandore
Downeen Castle
Coppinger's Court
Drombeg Stone Cirlce
Christmas tree Skibbereen
Lough Hyne
Three Castle Head
Durrus
Schull
Dunbeacon
Dumanus Bay
Bantry
Cashel
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Start of our Tour of the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland
We go to Ireland on a road trip along the west coast of Ireland along the Wild Atlantic Way!
In our first vlog from Ireland we start our adventures at Rosslare Ferry and head to the start of the Wild Atlantic Way:
Places we visited:
- Hook Lighthouse
- Cobh
- Kinsale
- Old Head of Kinsale
- Rosscarbery Bay
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Clonakilty, West Cork
Aerial footage of Clonakilty, West Cork.
Clonakilty, sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is located at the head of the tidal Clonakilty Bay. The rural hinterland is used mainly for dairy farming. The town's population as of 2016 was 4,592. The town is a tourism hub in West Cork, and was recognized as the Best Town in Europe in 2017, and Best Place of the Year in 2017 by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
Union Hall, West Cork
Aerial footage of Unionhall, West Cork.
Union Hall is a small fishing village located in County Cork, Ireland, located on the west side of Glandore Harbour. Its nearest neighbour to the west is Castletownshend; to the east, Glandore Village. It is approximately 10 kilometers east of Skibbereen. The main source of employment is fishing and the pier has its own ice plant and fish processing factory.
Among its many tourist attractions are boat trips to view whales, dolphins and seals. Seals can be seen all year round, with dolphins and Fin Whales, Minke Whales and Humpback Whales present in summer months.
Barley Cove Beach - West Cork July 2016
Barleycove or Barlycove (Irish: Bá na hEornan) is the name of a townland and beach in County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland.
It is said to be one of the better beaches in West Cork, if not Ireland. It is situated close to Mizen Head on the Mizen Peninsula, with Crookhaven or Goleen being the nearest villages. The area surrounding Barleycove is one of natural beauty and is very popular during the summer months. The beach itself has been designated as a Special Area of Conservation by the European Union, due to the variety of wildlife and interesting habitats present in the sand dunes.
Origin of dunes
On November 1, 1755 there was an earthquake and tsunami recorded in Lisbon. It was reported in the Cork Journal of November 2 that 15ft waves were experienced as a result of that tsunami. A side-effect of that is Barleycove; the sand is all displaced there as a result of that tsunami.
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BBC Blockbuster Miniseries Hosted By The Late Sir Robert Hardy. Presented in a Four part Format.. Featuring England,Scotland,Wales And Ireland. Each episode One hour in length.This Segment Brings us face to face with some of Ireland's most infamous Haunted Castles and their Unearthly inhabitants.Leap(The Elemental),Glynn,Huntington & More...Also aired in the States on TLC.Hard to Find this Video in it's entirety on The Internet.......Only on Mysterygirl00.
Ireland Trip - Inishfree Music Tours - June 2017
Took all the video I could while on the Inishfree Music Tour through the south-west coast of Ireland and created this video!
All music in the video is either live or from CDs we bought from artists we heard live. (and weren't allowed to take videos of)
Tracklist:
Trip
Dubhlinn
An Spailpín Fánach
John Spillane
Live Performance by
Matt Gordon & Tommy Madden
Live Performance by
Bacon and Cabbage
The Bag of Spuds / The Maids of Castlebar (Reels)
Peter Staunton & Niamh Varian-Barry
Síle
Lumiere
One Last Cold Kiss
Seán Taylor & Brendan McCarthy
Warrior
Luka Bloom
Another Day
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Live Performance by
Tim Grimm and the Family Band
Aly's Waltz
Peter Staunton & Niamh Varian-Barry
Irland mit dem Auto entdecken
Entdecke die grüne Insel. Egal ob entlang der 2500km langen Küstenstraße im Westen, entlang der Causeway Küste im Norden oder die vielen schönen Strecken im historischen Osten, deine Reise wird sicher unvergesslich.
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