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Beara Peninsula

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May 12th 2014
12 May 2014 In very changeable weather with frequent showers we continues along Beara Peninsula through Ireland’s major white finishing port, Castletownbere. Then a detour up to the top of Healy Pass, a road built in the 1847 famine times to help prevent starvation. The summit gave great views to both coasts. We continued to Ellens Rock at the end of the peninsula where we took a ferry f ... read more

Europe » Ireland

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more