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Beara (Irish: Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It contains two mountain ranges running down its centre: the Caha Mountains and the Slieve Miskish Mountains .
Bere Island or Bear Island (Irish: Oiléan Béarra, although officially called An tOileán Mór meaning "the big island") [2] is an island in Bantry Bay off the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It spans roughly 10 km x 3 km, with an area of 17.68 km 2 and, [3] [4] as of the 2022 census, had a population of 218 people. [1]
Ardgroom (Irish: Dhá Dhrom, meaning 'two drumlins') [1] is a village on the Beara peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. Its name refers to two gravelly hills deposited by a glacier, Dromárd and Drombeg. It lies to the north west of Glenbeg Lough, overlooking the Kenmare River estuary. It sits between the coast and the Slieve Miskish Mountains ...
Castletownbere (Irish: Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra), [2] or Castletown Berehaven, is a port town in County Cork, Ireland.It is on the Beara Peninsula by Berehaven Harbour.. A regionally important fishing port, [3] the town also serves as a commercial and retail hub for the local hinterland. [4]
Historical information plaque. The R574 is an Irish regional road in the Beara peninsula which crosses the Caha Mountains via (Tim) Healy Pass. [1] It runs from the R572 at Adrigole in County Cork to the R571 near Lauragh in County Kerry. [1]
Adrigole (Irish: Eadargóil, meaning 'between two inlets') [2] is a village on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is centred on the junction of the R572 and R574 regional roads. The electoral division in which the village sits has a population of about 450 people. [1]
Dursey Island's Beara Way walk marks the beginning of Europe's E8 European long distance path, which crosses Europe, ending in Istanbul, Turkey. Spanning Dursey Sound, the aerial tramway is Ireland's only cable car, [ 17 ] and one of the few cable cars that cross the sea in Europe.
Parts of the Miners' Way and Historical Trail also form part of the Beara-Breifne Way, a walking and cycling route under development, intended to run from the Beara Peninsula, County Cork to Breifne, County Leitrim following the line of Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare's march in the aftermath of the Battle of Kinsale in 1602. [6]