Glengarriff

Glengarriff means “rough glen” and is in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. There is Glengarriff Forest, which contains some of the oldest and most extensive oak and birch groves left in Ireland. There is the Glengarriff Bay and Bantry Bay and the Glengarriff Harbour. A small seaside village with high rugged mountains and old bogs still being farmed for peat.

Glengarriff Harbour & Pier

Heading To The Island

On The Way To The Island

Maureen O’ Hara’s House, the famous film actress

Garinish Island

An island in Glengarriff Harbour, part of Bantry Bay in southwest Ireland. The Office of Public Works maintains the gardens on the island. The garden was designed by Harold Peto, for its owner Annan Bryce, a native of Belfast, who, with his wife Violet, purchased the island from the War Office in 1910. Violet died in 1939 and their son Roland bequeathed the island to the Irish nation in 1953.

Steps to the Tower

The round Martello tower was built to guard against a threatened Napoleonic invasion that never happened.

The Walled Garden

To & From The Island – Seals

Sweet Baby Face

Mama

Here Come Those Tourists Yet Again!

(Photos by RSheridan)

 

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