Basically, the Ring of Beara links the towns of "Glengarriff"   in Cork   with Kenmare in Kerry, in a round about fashion.

 

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The South coastal road.

To the south the coast road overlooking Bantry bay, takes you from Glengariff to Dursey (Island).

Glengarriff is an attractive little village deep within Bantry Bay. Boat trips run from Glengarriff to islands"Garnish Island famed for their wonderful Italianate garden. Between Glengarriff and Castletownbere the road is flanked by exposed banks of jagged rock with the rugged peaks of Sugarloaf Mountain and Hungry Hill in the Caha Mountains.

The hamlet of Adrigole is the turn off for the Healy Pass, a serpentine road that cuts through the mountains to the village of Lauragh with views of spectacular glaciated valleys. The main road along the coast cuts through Castletownbere, a characterful fishing town with an authentic work-a-day feel and definitely worth a stop.

Ireland second biggest white fish port. There, two ferries connect to Bere Island and megalithic stone circles, such as the Derreenataggart Stone Circle, punctuate the area.

From Castletownbere take the road down to (direction of Allihies) Dursey Island,

a place of desolate beauty that is worth visiting. It is bird country, there is nothing on the island other than sheep,

 and some holidays homes, but you won’t get the opportunity to travel to an island via a tiny cable car swinging 30m above the waves, in your lifetime!