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British Fleet294 viewsThe British Fleet at anchorage in Berehaven, early 1900's
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The Granuaile 1970-2000 293 viewsIrish lights vessel 'Granuaile' moored in Castletownbere harbour. She sevved the south west coast lighthouses between 1970 and 2000
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Early Gig. Castletown Berehaven291 views
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Sam Maguire291 viewsFollowing Cork’s All-Ireland football win in 1973 the Sam Maguire Cup came to Beara and is pictured here on its way to Bere Island aboard the fishing vessel 'Kathleen Anne'
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The Old Bank Restaurant290 viewsFormally the Leinster & Munster Bank, sadly now gone
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Bere Island Ferry289 viewsA helping hand is given to a reluctant cow which had just arrived at Castletownbere Pier on the old Bere Island Ferry
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Politics288 viewsPolitics as it should be: Addressing the crowd in the Square, Castletownbere 1932
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The Berehaven Hotel288 viewsThe 'Berehaven Hotel'. Castletownbere. Now the Beara Bay Hotel
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Castletownbere Band288 viewsDate Unknown
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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)
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287 viewsThe 'Glengarriff Inn'. Glengarriff. Drawn in 1830
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Constable Michael Neeman286 views
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Halfway House. Glengarriff284 views
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Harvey's Poulgorm Hotel. Glengarriff284 viewsThe Blue Pool
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Beara G.A.A Champions of 1960283 views
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283 viewsThe 'Eccles Hotel'. Glengarriff. 1905
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