A Bere Island Raod

Bere Island Scenes Album 2006

Photo album of Bere Island scenes while walking and driving around the island. [99 photos]

RING OF BERA 2006

A day trip on the country roads in the lower Ring of Beara during a stay on Bere Island.

Below are a few shots of the photos included in the album. We started the tour as the ferry was landing in Castletownbere; after a quich stop at the Internet cafe to check email, a stop at the bookshop to buy books about Bere Island and postcards, and a lovely visit with a family friend, we drove a short distance to view the remains of the Dunboy Castle and the Puxley Manor. We continued along the coast on the narrow winding roads of the lower Ring of Bears. See the photo album for descriptions. Enjoy the slideshow with lilting Irish music.

Photos from Ring of Beara album & slideshow

"The country's only cable car, running between Ballaghboy and Dursey Island (above top- right photo) on the Beara peninsula, has just one operator at present and he has to work a seven day week to cope with the demand for the service. The car can carry six people and takes about ten minutes to cross the two hundred metres of Dursey Sound. It is also used to transport livestock and provisions for the islanders. However, with sometimes three hundred people a day looking to use the facility in the tourist season, there is now a call for a second operator to be employed, particularly during the summer months when demand is greatest." [Emmigrant Online, August 2006]

You can locate more photos of the Beara Peninsula with these Google search results. It's a very photogenic area.

View the album and slideshow below by selecting and clicking on a photo, left to right album, small slideshow, large slideshow.

sheep by side of road in Eiryes

Ring of Beara Album 2006

Photo album of the lower Ring of Beara on the Beara Peninsula in Southwest Cork. The area may be characterized as rocky hilly coastal terrain and very pastoral and serene. Above is sheep by the side of the road on a walk to the strand (beach) in Eyries (pronounced "eye-reeze," I believe.) [30 photos with descriptions]

Cobh and Youghal 2006

Cobh, near Cork City, and Youghal, a nearby coastal town

Above is photo of West View in Cobh, Ireland, Youghal near the Visitor's Center and inside a pottery shop in Youghal.
View photo album of Cobh and neary Youghal in County Cork, Ireland [12 photos with descriptions]

Ireland Scenes

The photo on the left shows a window view of St. Coleman's Cathedral in Cobh. To the right is a view from Bere Island looking toward Hungy Hill, a familiar view from the island. [Both photos are from the same slide show on Kodak Gallery.com ~ click either photo to link.]
These scenes are from a May 2003 trip to Ireland and include photos of The Cliffs of Moher, Doolin, Cobh, Bere Island, and places in between. See more scenes from Ireland on my Kodak site; no sign-in required to view these; just click on "View Slideshow." [Scenic views only; 51 slides.]

To the left is the famous staue in Cobh (pronounced "cove") Harbor in County Cork of Annie Moore and her brothers Phillip and Anthony. Annie was the first immigrant to arrive at Ellis Island in New York. The young woman on the far left is not the first person to stand and be photographed with the siblings. [Click the photo for a larger image.] Learn more about Annie Moore. Send your photo with Annie in Cobh or in New York Harbor to eileen (at) irishthymes.com ~ it would be such fun to show a collection of them.

From time to time, I come across a website that I think visitors to Irish Thymes might enjoy seeing; Spirited Ireland is such a website authored by German photographer and website designer, Nicola Watschong, with her many images of Ireland, plus music and links to other sites about Ireland.

Mark Hormel's Website features photos from theSouth West corner of Ireland in 2002. There are several nice photos of Bere Island and the surrounding area.

Video Links - Bere Island, Beara Peninsula, and Ireland

A Quick Drive Around Bere Island, County Cork

Description by the videographer, papseyno1 (more videos on website):
A quick drive around Bere Island, Cork, Ireland
June 2003

Sailing: Bantry Bay to Schull SW Ireland

Description by the videographer, dnicholsoncole (more videos on website):
Sailing: Bantry Bay (Bere Island) to Schull SW Ireland, first leg of a long weekend, including sailing round the Fastnet. June 16 2007

Beara Peninsula, Ireland - Counties Kerry and Cork, Ireland, July 2003 [a YouTube video]. Photos and movie clips of a trip around the Beara Peninsula are set to music.

Description by the videographer, vladamikulec (more videos on website):
The Beara Peninsula (Irish: Béara) in Ireland is the southernmost of the main peninsulas on the south-west coast, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It has two mountain ranges running down its centre; the Caha Mountains and the Slieve Miskish Mountains. The northern part of the peninsula from Kenmare to near Ardgroom is in County Kerry, while the rest lies in County Cork. The main tourist attractions are the ruins of Puxley Mansion, Dunboy Castle (Now being restored), The Copper Mines Museum in Allihies, Illnaculllen Island in Glengarriff (maintained by the OPW) and Derreen Gardens (Privately owned but open to the public). It was the traditional seat of power of the O'Sullivan Bere Clan and was one of the last points of Gaelic resistance after the Battle of Kinsale. It later became a major copper extraction point and became immortalised in the Daphne du Maurier novel "Hungry Hill."

Beara Peninsula - Kerry / West Cork, Ireland

Description by the Videographer, Paulmanorbier (more videos on website):
"February 2006 - Kilmakilloge, Eyeries and Dursey Sound along the Kenmare River side of the Beara Peninsula"

Ireland: County Cork, County Kerry: Healy's Pass

Description by the Videographer, Star Wipe Studios (more videos on website):
Healy's Pass, February 2005. The Healy Pass is a winding mountain road between Adrigole in County Cork and Lauragh in County Kerry. Cutting through the high Caha Mountains, the Healy Pass rises 334 metres above sea level and passes between two of the highest peaks of the Caha range. This is one of the finest mountain roads in Ireland and is named after Tim Healy, the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State, who was born in nearby Bantry.

Ireland: County Cork, Castletownbere

Description by the Videographer, Star Wipe Studios (more videos on website):
February 2005 Castletownbere (Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra in Irish) is a town in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. It is located on the southwest coast of Ireland, in West Cork, on Berehaven harbour. It is also known as Castletown Berehaven. The name of the town comes from the no longer extant MacCarty Castle and not Dunboy Castle, which was home to the O'Sullivan-Bere family and latterly the Puxley family.

Riobard O'Dwyer, June 2003

Description by the Videographer,papseyno1 (more videos on website):
Riobard O'Dwyer one of Irelands finest accordian players entertains his visitors for a few minutes at his home in June 2003. The music is from his CD called "Music from the Heart"

The Irish President visits Dzogchen Beara

Description by the Videographer, robertrigpa (more videos on website):
Wouldn't it be great if all speeches...
were as moving as this one by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese. Wouldn't it be great if we could all find in ourselves such profound humour while being able to discuss so openly the subject most of us prefer not to mention - 'Death'. Wouldn't it be great if her visionary aims came to fruition soon.
For more information on the Spiritual Care Programme go to http://www.spiritualcare.ie

Ireland'07_RingofBearaMovie_1
Ireland'07_RingofBearaMovie_2
Ireland'07_RingofBearaMovie_3

Description by the Videographer, jjameson7 (more videos on website):
Video from Ring of Beara Ireland

Beara Penninsula and Dursey Island, Ireland 2006

Description by the Videographer, kellymaniak (more videos on website):
This film is about my two day trip from the irish town of Castletownbere around the Beara penninsula by bike and on foot around the very wild Dursey island in the western Ireland. The theme of the movie is the song "Welcome To Wherever You Are" by Bon Jovi.

Bovine Crossing...

Description by the Videographer, danntaylor01 (more videos on website):
On a Tuesday afternoon at Dursey Island, in the Ring of Beara, a group of Irishmen attempt to move a cow from a gondola to a trailer, with limited success.

Verdoncks on Dursey Island

Description by the Videographer, MicheleOT (more videos on website):
Walking the island, in west cork

Dunboy Castle Restoration Project - Before and During

Description by the Videographer, bearainfo (more videos on website):
Restoration Project of Dunboy Castle - pictures before and during the project and Artist Impressions of what it will look like when finished

Ireland: Through My Eyes

Description by the Videographer, JEREMIAH TV (more videos on website):
My images of Ireland set to the "Theme from Harry's Game" by Clannad. The video includes my personal photos of the pituresque town of Millstreet in County Cork, Ireland and of Liscahane, Clara Mountain and the surrounding areas. The song is sung in Gaelic. The lyrics and English translation are set forth ...

How to Drive in Ireland

Description by the Videographer, bigbeninjax (more videos on website):
Here is an informative look at driving in the beautiful Irish countryside told with a little Irish humour. First time visitors to Ireland should find it helpful...even if it's not your first trip, then just enjoy the scenery! The music is the title song from "As Love Lies Sleeping", written and performed by BIGBEN

Things To Do In Ireland

Description by the Videographer, bigbeninjax (more videos on website):
I've been asked what is there to do in Ireland. Is it all just old castles and beautiful scenery (like that's a bad thing)? Some of the local kids even think it's boring. Well, here's a short list of things you can do there. Maybe you can think of some others??? Feel free to post them in a video response or comment.

USA Scenes

Boys on the Beach, Mashpee, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, April 2006

An April vacation on Cape Cod was delightful. Los hermanos enjoyed a fun game of four-square on the beach in Mashpee. It isn't quite like summer, but it was a great time! View the photo album or the Adobe.pdf slideshow (11 photos),

L. A. Walk,Franklin Hills in Los Angeles, California, October 2005

76 of my best snapshots on my 2 1/2 hour morning walk in the hills of Los Angeles. It was a relief to find my way home but there was much joy and delight in the journey! See map [pdf file].

Too long ago already, I took my camera on a walk in the neighborhood while visiting in California. View a slideshow of my walk in the Franklin Hills near the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. These are 76 of my best snapshots - I could hardly throw any of them out. I have since found this wonderful map of the neighborhood showing all the public stairways (.pdf file) connecting the narrow winding streets. This photo album and slideshow was created with the new iWeb in iPhoto 06 for the Mac.

Danvers Hooley June 2005 - a photo album/ slideshow with small and large photos at the Danvers Irish Set Dance end of year hooley

Here are some photos on a web page of a wedding reception held at Harrington's function room. [Photos provided by bride and presented on the web page by Irish Thymes.]

View a 12-photo slide show of Mother's Day Brunch 2005 at Harrington's (no music). [File opens with Adobe acrobat reader; Adobe Image Viewer 4.0 or higher recommended.]
To view the automated version of this 12-page Adobe Acrobat slideshow, you need Adobe's Imageviewer. Download the Adobe Image Viewer plug-in

Here's another short promo of cakes made especially for Harrington's. To view the automated version of this 2-page Adobe Acrobat slideshow, you need Adobe's Imageviewer. Download the Adobe Image Viewer plug-in

Marblehead Bike Ride and the QuickTime movie showing a slideshow of the Northampton and Marblehead, Massachusetts bikerides along bike paths [photos by Danvers Bi-Peds and slide show by Irish Thymes] To download quicktime click on the image below.