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- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Discover Ireland; photographer not stated, Discover Ireland
Coolmain CastleCastle/fortified house · 13 ydExplorer Tom Coolmain Castle is a patchwork quilt of different eras. It started in 1792 but kept getting new bits added on, like…
church/chapel411 ydExplorer Tom Church or chapel in Coolmain is now a house but still wearing its old Church of Ireland hat from 1860. It was the…
Garranefeen StrandBeach / strand · 1166 ydExplorer Tom Garranefeen Strand hosted a bet between two priests about whether the tide would come in before their lunchtime prayers…
bridge1439 ydExplorer Tom Bridge in Garranefeen is made from local materials, which means it’s basically just fancy rocks stacked up with a lot…
Garraneanasig National SchoolSchool · 1481 ydExplorer Tom Garraneanasig National School used to separate boys and girls, now it’s just a house with a history. It’s got that dual…
Sea ViewGate lodge · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Sea View gate lodge took about four million cups of tea to build, according to the local legend I just made up. It…
Glanavirane HouseGate lodge · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Glanavirane House is a gate lodge with a hipped roof that thinks it’s the main house. It repeats the classical style of…
coastguard station1.2 miExplorer Tom Coastguard station in Rochestown is now just a big stone skeleton staring at Courtmacsherry Bay. Those machicolations…
Lisheen HouseHouse · 1.3 miExplorer Tom Lisheen House in Lisheenaleen sits in its own grounds like it owns the place, which it probably does. It’s got…
Flaxfort StrandBeach / strand · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Flaxfort Strand is the sort of Cork shoreline that rewards looking down as well as looking out. Courtmacsherry Bay…
RathclarenRectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Rathclaren in Farranagark has a ridiculous smuggling story about a vicar hiding barrels of whiskey under the slate roof…
Kilbrittain WhaleHeritage attraction · 2.0 miExplorer Tom Kilbrittain keeps a fin whale in its village park, a bold answer to anyone claiming West Cork has no surprises left.…
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