What are the best places to visit when in Glengarriff, Ireland?
You HAVE to take the ferry past the seals to go to Garnish Island. That’s in Glengarriff itself. You can go to Blarney Castle. The castle itself and its famous stone are actually less interesting than the ancient druidic stone circle and corbel hut on the same site. It has an atmosphere that you usually only find in the big Gothic cathedrals, especially if you go in the morning, with not too many other tourists around. They are both east of Glengarriff, along the coast. Then there is Youghal (pronounce:”Yawl”!) another lovely coast town. One of the loveliest places anywhere is the small village of Garryvoe, unless they have destroyed it in the meantime with bungalows and housing estates like so much of Ireland. At the other side of the bay is Ballycotton, a very picturesque little town, where the Americans used to go for filming. The trip in the Kerry direction (“wesht a piece” as they say in West Cork) is beautiful too, so are Kinsale and Cobh. If you want night life (kind of) like di
