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Most people who tour south Cork pass through this fishing and market centre on the main coastal road. The town stands at the head of the long haven of Bantry Bay, sheltered by two of the hilly peninsulas that trail southwest from Cork’s mainland. A statue of St Brendan gazes seawards from its square by [...]
Right down in Southernmost Ireland is a real hidden gem. Discover “Bantry Bay” with Ireland Luxury Tours and a tour of Ireland that is created specially for you……. Made famous in the song, Bantry Bay in West Cork Ireland is of legendary beauty. Bantry, at the head of the bay, is a busy market town and fishing port. Bantry [...]
Not far from the city of Cork is the beautiful town of Kinsale. If you are on a tour of Ireland , and in the vicinity it is well worth a visit for the food alone. It has been mentioned on this blog previously and is an interesting stopping point. Ireland Luxury Tours have taken [...]
Ireland Luxury Tours recommend a visit to Cork on any tour of Ireland….. Cork (from an Irish word meaning “marsh”) was a Viking settlement beside the site of St Finbar’s early seventh-century Irish monastery; it was burned by the Irish in 1378 and besieged, bombarded and then burned by John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, in [...]
Bantry House is set against a steep hillside above the southern shore of Bantry Bay in South West Cork, Ireland. Climbing the Hundred Steps behind the House gives the visitor one of the most breathtaking views in the country. The House and Garden in the foreground, the bay beyond with the vista culminating in the [...]
Kinsale in County Cork is one of the most picturesque, popular and fashionable resorts of the south-west coast of Ireland. Famous for its beautiful yachting, sea angling, Dolphin & Whale Watching Trips, gourmet restaurants. and golf. For those of you who would like to improve your English, there is the excellent Kinsale School of English [...]