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All about Beara!
Name: Beara Peninsula
County: Cork
Region: South-West
Main Towns: The main towns in Beara are: Castletownbere, Bantry, Glengarriff, Adrigole, Allihies, Garnish, Ardgroom and Eyeries. Click on the pictures below to have a better look at them!
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Castletownbere |
Bantry |
Glengarriff |
Adrigole |
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Allihies |
Garnish |
Ardgroom |
Eyeries |
Map: Look at this map of the Beara Peninsula!
Population: 6000 (approx.)
Main Industries: The main industries in the Beara peninsula are Fishing, Farming and Tourism. Head over to the Gallery or to the Seashore pages to find out more more about about some of these industries.
Places of Interest: There are some very interesting places in Beara such as the ruins of Dunboy Castle, Allihies Copper Mines and the Sailing Centre in Adrigole.
Did you know... that Beara has the only cable car in Ireland? It connects Dursey Island with the mainland. The first Cable Car was built for Dursey Island in 1969, when Jack Lynch was Taoiseach. This Cable Car was very important for the island when there were still people living on it as it made it much easier to get livestock (yes, that does include sheep and cows!!!) and other essential food supplies into the island. However, when more and more people started to emigrate from the island, it was used less and less. It was reopened for full time use in 1995 as a tourist attraction.
Watch the videos below to see it in action!
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