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  • A brief history of the Kelp industry in Fanad

    A brief history of the Kelp industry in Fanad

    The harvesting of seaweed and it’s use for various purposes appears to be quite an ancient practice in Ireland. In ...
  • Baltimore Beacon

    Baltimore Beacon

    The Beacon stands looking out to the Atlantic and back at the village of Baltimore in West Cork. The Beacon marks ...
  • Fenit & Saint Brendan The Navigator

    Fenit & Saint Brendan The Navigator

    Introduction The Fenit skyline is marked by the towering St. Brendan commemorative statue, located on the peak of Great Samphire Rock ...
  • Fenit Port & Marina

    Fenit Port & Marina

    Introduction For centuries the Old Port of Fenit was Barrow Harbour. The port was key in medieval times to monastic settlements ...
  • Tim Severn’s unscheduled visit to Ballywhoriskey Pier on the Fanad Peninsula

    Tim Severn’s unscheduled visit to Ballywhoriskey Pier on the Fanad Peninsula

    Ballywhoriskey Pier. We once had a very special visitor to this pier. According to legend and some medieval manuscripts, Irish ...
  • Williamstown Martello Tower

    Williamstown Martello Tower

    Williamstown Martello Tower was built in the early 1800s and was originally on the coast, it later (c1835) became landlocked ...
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