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Category Albums Files
Days of YorePast images of Beara and its Peoples
 14 352
Boats & Trawlers


fishermen2.jpg

26 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2009
Album viewed 539 times
British and American Navy in Berehaven


uss_navada_bb36.jpg

17 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2010
Album viewed 523 times
Buildings


puxley_mansion.jpg

38 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2010
Album viewed 539 times
Churches and Religious of Beara


church_rails.jpg

26 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2010
Album viewed 548 times
Early Transport


unloading_coal_1939.jpg

18 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2010
Album viewed 517 times
Events in the Past


politics_1932.jpg

41 files, last one added on Apr 24, 2009
Album viewed 539 times
G.A.A Teams


magpies.jpg

12 files, last one added on Mar 01, 2009
Album viewed 257 times
Groups


anna_harringtons.jpg

23 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2009
Album viewed 534 times
Historical Sites


ogham_stone.jpg

31 files, last one added on Jun 27, 2010
Album viewed 536 times
People


gerdie.jpg

50 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2009
Album viewed 590 times
Places on Beara


akista.jpg

23 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2010
Album viewed 501 times
R.I.C agus An Garda Siochana


adrigole_gardi_123.jpg

12 files, last one added on Mar 01, 2009
Album viewed 268 times
Schools


argroom_school_group_1932.jpg

23 files, last one added on Dec 21, 2008
Album viewed 584 times
The Irish Lights


old_ierne.jpg

12 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2009
Album viewed 254 times
14 albums on 1 page(s)

Member's PhotosClick Here to view the Galleries of our Member's
 32 189
541 files in 47 albums and 2 categories with 12 comments viewed 136,240 times

Random files
bridgetsullivan-tb.jpg
 BRIDGET SULLIVAN, 1866 - 1948. Born in the Townland of Bileragh, Allihies. Parish of kilnamanagh95 viewsDaughter of Eugene and Margaret (Leary) Sullivan. Best known as the servant in the household of Andrew J. Borden, father of Axe murderer Lizzie.
broke_the_boom.jpg
 Breaking the Boom at Berehaven287 viewsPolyphemus was sent on 1st July 1885 to Berehaven to be tested on the boom at the western end of the harbour. Many felt that this couldn’t be done, but the Polyphemus cut through the boom with ease. This feat led The Cork Examiner to declare the Polyphemus “the most powerful ship in the world”. (The boom made up of steel hawsers five inches thick)
dunboy_castle.jpg
 Dunboy90 viewsLooking from the ruins of Dunboy Castle towards Castletownbere
1st_trawler.jpg
 The First Trawler314 viewsKnown as Mac's Trawler, this was the first vessel of the towns current fishing fleet
dunboy.jpg
 Dunboy85 viewsDunboy Castle
royalyacht_1902.jpg
 Victoria & Albert III88 viewsThe Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert III on a visit to Castletown Berehavan in 1903
tim_sr2.jpg
 Timothy John Sullivan90 viewsTimothy cir 1915 son of John J and Mary C Sullivan taken in Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA
mike_and_magie.jpg
 Christmas in Crooha Lower (West), Adrigole. 1989449 viewsJohn Kinns, Mike (Lofty) O’Sullivan, Julie Ann O’Sullivan (Gerahies)
and Maggie (Crooha) O’Sullivan

Last additions
came.jpg
 The New Hotel. Castletown Berehaven349 viewsLooking across from Cametringane in 1904Oct 24, 2010
oldmillctb2.jpg
 The Old Mill. Castletownbere451 viewsJul 28, 2010
perrin_hotel_glen1.jpg
 Perrin Hotel. Glengarriff459 viewsJul 28, 2010
post_office_glengarriff.jpg
 Post Office. Glengarriff484 viewsJul 28, 2010
prot_churchgg.jpg
 Church of Ireland. Glengarriff472 viewsJul 28, 2010
royal_hotel_gleng1.jpg
 Roches Royal Hotel. Glengarriff474 viewsJul 28, 2010
tourist_car.jpg
 Tourist Car487 viewsOutside the Eccles Hotel, GlengarriffJul 28, 2010
warshipctb1904.jpg
 Battleship 1st Class463 viewsPre Dreadnought Battleship moored at Castletown Berehaven 1904. Class type and name unknown.
Jul 28, 2010
adrigole_bridge.jpg
 Adrigole Bridge408 viewsJul 28, 2010
bantry_pier.jpg
 Bantry Pierhead438 views‘Lady Elsie’ arriving from Castletownbere to meet the train
Jul 28, 2010
bellevue_hotel_ggarrif2.jpg
 Bellevue Hotel. Glengarriff455 viewsJul 28, 2010
caseys_hotel~0.jpg
 Casey’s Hotel? Glengarriff477 viewsJul 28, 2010
eccles_landing1.jpg
 The Slipway outside Eccles Hotel471 viewsJul 28, 2010
glengarriff_castle1.jpg
 Glengarriff Castle496 viewsJul 28, 2010
lady_elsie2.jpg
 The ‘Lady Elsie’ 459 viewsBerthed alongside the landing, GlengarriffJul 28, 2010
lady_elsie3.jpg
 The ‘Lady Elsie’ Glengarriff447 viewsJul 28, 2010

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