In this extensive county, the towns and villages have their own distinctive character. In West Cork, their spirit is preserved in the vigour of the landscape with the handsome coastline where the light of the famous Fastnet Rock swings across tumbling ocean and spray-tossed headland. The county is a repository of the good things of life, a treasure chest of the finest farm produce, and the very best of seafood, brought to market by skilled specialists.
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Kinsale, Co. Cork
Café / Restaurant
Martin and Marie Shanahan's Fishy Fishy Café mark two is a very big restaurant, by West Cork standards, yet they've been full to capacity at peak times ever since moving their main restaurant to this almost-harbourside location in 2006. Nearby, ...
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Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
Bar / Restaurant
You can't miss this low bungalow-style building as it's painted pink and set on a superb elevated site overlooking the sea and across the bay to Courtmacsherry. As it is open for lunch as well as dinner in summer, it is a very useful place to know abou ...
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Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Bar / Restaurant
Just across the road from the water in the pretty village of Ring, this traditional pub has a decking area at the front and large windows taking advantage of the view of Clonakilty Bay and the boats moored nearby.
Inside, brick walls are decorated wit ...
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Bantry, Co. Cork
Baking/Bakery / Café / Food Market
Sisters Hannah and Rachel Dare run this bakery, food shop and vegetarian café near the centre of Bantry town.
The bakery produces a delicious range of breads, cakes, pizza etc, with spelt loaves a particular speciality, while the healthfood sho ...
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Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Character Pub
The Cronin family’s Victorian pub on the harbour front has been in the family since 1970, when it was bought by Denny and Jo Cronin. The current owners are Sean Cronin and his Dutch wife, Thecla - and, thanks to a collecting gene that has been ve ...
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Bandon, Co. Cork
Classes/Courses / Pub / Restaurant
With its smart blue and white frontage and welcoming signage, it would be hard to drive past Barry and Catherine McLoughlin’s attractive roadside bar and restaurant just outside Bandon these days.
What they took on in 2006 was a typical pub, wit ...
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Bandon, Co. Cork
Café / Deli / Food Market
People come from all around the area (and a stop en route to holiday in west Cork has become de rigeur) to shop at Ruth Healy’s stylish, modern culinary store on the river: a kitchen shop, deli, foodstore and café, it offers a unique combi ...
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Bantry, Co. Cork
Hotel / Restaurant
Although many questioned the wisdom of allowing a development including a large modern hotel to be built along the quay below Bantry House, it has brought welcome amenities and a standard of accommodation not previously available in the area.
Smart an ...
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Crookhaven, Co. Cork
Pub / Restaurant
A short drive from Mizen Head, the southernmost point in Ireland, Emma and Freddy Olsson run this popular pub cum restaurant.
The old inn, always attractive to the yachting fraternity and tourists, has been extensively renovated in recent years withou ...
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Bantry, Co. Cork
B&B / Café / Historic House
Both the house and garden at the Shelswell-White family’s 18th century mansion overlooking Bantry Bay are open to the public – and a visit to their Tearoom is highly recommended while you are there.
The Tearoom is set in three interconnect ...
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