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- Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Minseach, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Galley Cove BeachBeach / strand · 1139 ydExplorer Tom Galley Cove is a small West Cork beach with a large view. About a mile west of Crookhaven, it gives you sand, sea and a…
signal tower1488 ydExplorer Tom Signal tower in Rock Island is a three-stage square-plan structure from around 1800, now in ruins. It was part of a…
Rock Island HouseCountry house · 1547 ydExplorer Tom Rock Island House in Cork has layers of history stacked up like a very expensive lasagna. From fortified roots to fancy…
boathouse1577 ydExplorer Tom Boathouse in Rock Island looks like a gothic castle for ducks, with crenulations and cross-shaped windows that would…
lamp standard1.3 miExplorer Tom Lamp standard in Rock Island is a disused cast-iron beauty from around 1900, made by Stears of London. It’s sitting…
quay/wharf1.3 miExplorer Tom Quay or wharf in Rock Island was built to help construct the Fastnet Lighthouse, so it’s got maritime muscle behind it.…
lighthouse keeper's house1.3 miExplorer Tom Lighthouse keeper's house in Rock Island is sitting right next to Fastnet Lighthouse, built in 1896 for someone with a…
store/warehouse1.3 miExplorer Tom Store or warehouse in Rock Island refuses to fall down because it’s too proud to admit it’s just a shed for lighthouse…
Creamery PlatformMemorial · 1.8 miExplorer Tom Creamery Platform is posing for its next Instagram post with a single milk churn on top. It separated milk from 1945 to…
Barley CoveBeach / strand · 1.9 miExplorer Tom Barley Cove opens into a wide sweep of sand on Cork's Mizen Peninsula, reached from the car park by a floating pontoon…
Mizen PeakMountain / peak · 3.2 miExplorer Tom Mizen Peak is famous for smugglers who used to hide barrels of wine inside hollowed-out stones. They probably lost most…
Mizen Head Signal StationSignal tower · 3.9 miExplorer Tom Mizen Head Signal Station in Cloghane is sitting on Ireland's most south-westly point, looking smug about it. It saved…
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