The rugged and spectacular Beara Peninsula which straddles the Cork – Kerry border is one of the most beautful and least discovered areas of Ireland. It is a land shaped by the weather and unrelenting Atlantic waves. Shades of green and grey dress the landscape interrupted only by the few winding roads and mottled with pretty villages.
Beara Peninsula Drive
Glengariff – Adrigole – Castletownbere – Dursey Island – Allihies – Eyeries – Kenmare – Glengariff
Drive Highlights
Dursey Island & Cable Car. (Only cable car in Europe over water)
A visit to the famous McCarthy’s Bar in Castletownbere (read the book first to understand!)
Garinish Island
Visit to the Good Things Cafe in Durrus
Take time to go for a walk on Beara Way
Archaeological ruins going back 4500 years
Glengariff – Adrigole – Glegariff – Dursey Island
From Glengariff head south west along the R572 through Adrigole & Castletownbere. This is a scenic coastal road offering panoramic views over Bantry Bay. The road is well sign posted for the turn off to Dursey Island. If you send up in Allihies you have missed the turn off!
Dursey Island – Eyeries – Kenmare
From your island adventure you will return to the ‘main’ R572 and turn left towards Allihies. This is another picturesque route that overlooks Kenmare bringing you through Eyeries in to fabulous town of Kenmare.
Kenmare – Glengariff
Finally the last leg of your journey along the narrow and winding N71 from Kenmare through the Healy Pass in the Caha Mountains. This is possibly the nicest section of the journey with unending scenery to enchant you.
Total Distance 146 Km’s
Total Driving Time 4hrs
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