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Bantry
House, Bantry, Co Cork
Overlooking Bantry Bay is Bantry House, built through
the efforts of the White family. The house was originally
built in 1720 and has undergone many changes and periods
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Blarney
Castle, Blarney, Co Cork
Built by Dermot McCarthy in 1446, little is left of
Blarney Castle today but the tremendous stone walls,
two spiral stairwells and the dungeons, yet hundreds
of thousands, if not millions, of visitors from all
over the world flock to it to kiss the legendary Blarney
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Drombeg
Stone Circle, Glandore, Co Cork
The Drombeg Stone Circle is one of the finest stone
circles in County Cork, dating back to about 150BC.
The circle has 17 standing stones and measures about
30 feet in diameter.
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Dunboy
Castle, Castletownberehaven, Co Cork
Little is known about this castle
but it has been around since about the 14th century.
Recently the Irish Archeaological
Service performed a marine "dig" in the old
quayside. Quite a few interesting artifacts were recovered. |
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Gougane
Barra, Co Cork
On Holy Island set in the middle of a lake where the
River Lee originates in the hills of County Cork, St
Finbarr founded a monastery. 25 September is St Finbarr's
Day and celebrated the climax in Fibarr's pilgrimage
to the island. |
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Mizen
Head, Co Cork
The Mizen Head Peninsula is the farthest southern point
in Ireland. Travel any farther and you would end up
in the Atlantic Ocean. At Mizen Head you will find the
Mizen Head Lighthouse. |
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Puxley
Manor, Castletownberehaven, Co Cork
Puxley Manor is on the estate of Dunboy Castle on the
Beara Peninsula in Castletownbere. This one time grand
estate, on Ireland's southwest coast of County Cork,
was in use until the 1920's when it was bombed out by
local IRA who believed that the owners were storing
weapons for the opposition. |
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Queenstown
Story, Cobh, Co Cork
Between 1848 and 1950 almost six million peopl emigrated
from Ireland to America. Two and a half million of these
people left from Cobh, pronouced Cove. |
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Timoleage
Abbey, Timoleague, Co Cork
It's unsure if Timoleague Abbey was founded by MacCarthy
Reach, Lord Carbery in 1240 or William de Barry during
the reign of Edward III because the buildings on the
site date back to various periods. |
