Giddy-up and Go

This tab has things for you to do while you are here in the Wild, Wild West Cork. We've organized them according to relative distance from Glandore where the wedding is. Enjoy!! and please send us an email if you have an questions.

 First some a general Ireland video:

 Here is a phone/tablet app for West Cork
Explore West Cork App
Rosscarbery Pony Trekking & Riding Centre

A great way to spend the day is going Pony Trekking. There are great scenic routes to journey on. All groups are accompanied. Rosscarbery Pony Trekking & Riding Centre is located in Burgatia, Rosscarbery. This is only a 10 minutes drive from Glandore. The trails can include experiences of beauty and history such as Bohonagh Stone Circle, Castlefreke and Rathbarry Castles and Antiquities. Phone 023 48232 or website below: www.rosscarbery.ie/riding_centre/

 Within 10miles:
Skibbreeen, Co Cork
Skibbereen Heritage Centre & Lough Hyne Visitor Centre

Learn about the Great Famine of the 1840’ and discover more about Ieland’s first Marine Nature Reserve & unique salt -water lake. For more information contact the centre on 028 40900 or check out their website www.skibbheritage.com



Castletownshend, Co Cork



Cork Whale Watch- Castletownshend

Cork Whale Watch offers four hour whale watching trips throughout the year when conditions are suitable. When it comes to unique wildlife encounters there are few things as breath-taking and humbling as coming face to face with the world’s largest creatures. For more information contact Colin Barnes on 086 3850568 or have a look at their website http://www.corkwhalewatch.com/
 
 Within 15miles:
Clonakilty, Co Cork

'Clon' is a fantastic little town, with plenty of restaurants, cafes and pubs. You will pass through Clon on the way towards Glandore if you are coming from Cork. Try some Clonakilty Black Pudding!

Within 20miles:
Baltimore, Co Cork
Baltimore is a sea-side harbor with some great off shore excursions, plus some nice pubs, a pizza place and a nice walk out to the beacon which is on the point of the harbor inlet.

The Beacon
View of Baltimore Beacon near Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Night Kayak in Lough Hyne

Whale Watch off Baltimore

Cape Clear Island Excursion 
If your guests are planning to stay a few days in West Cork before or after your special event why not arrange a memorable excursion to the Gaeltacht Island o Cape Clear for family & friends. For further information contact Seamus O’ Drisceoil on 028 41823 or 028 39159 or have a look at the website www.cailinoir.com


Within 30miles:
Schull, Co Cork
Schull is a great sea-side village with plenty of restaurants, cafes and quaint shops. It is well worth a day trip or a morning/afternoon trip. 

Bantry, Co Cork


Within 40miles:
Mizen Head

Amidst a 4hr training session on the bike, out around the Mizen Head, is where I asked KJC to become KJM!


If you have the time and the strength...head off the road by foot and check out the first of 10 tower houses build by the O'Mahoney Clan

Within 50miles:
Cork City
Too much to try to write down all that there is to do in Cork City, but check out the link for some ideas. A must see is the English Market which is in the heart of the City. It is a covered food market operating since 1788. 

Kinsale
Kinsale is a super harbor town south of Cork City. It is worth a visit if you have the time. There are tons of boutique shops, cafes, and restaurants. You can head even further south to the old head, which have some spectacular clefs and ocean views.  Unless you pay the extortionary greens fees, you make it out on the main body of the head, but there are great views from the neck of the head before you would enter the golf club.

Further afield:

The Wild Atlantic Way (WAW) encompasses West Cork, but also stretches up the whole of the west coast of Ireland.

Link for
50 Secrets of the WAW
Local Area Activities For Kids (and adults that still want to be kids!):

The Treehouse- Skibbereen
The Treehouse Indoor Play & Café is a safe, exciting, adventure-filled indoor play area for children and a comfortable and relaxing space for the mums, dads and other grown-ups! For more information call 028 48264 or look a their website thetreehouse.ie

Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf- Rosscarbery
Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf presents 18 holes of fun for all the family and as its surface is on the latest astro turf it’s not weather dependant. The 18 holes include twelve par 3, four par 4 and two par five. For more information check out www.rosscarberygolf.com

Lagoon Activity Centre- Rosscarbery
A day out at the Lagoon Activity Centre is a fun day for all the family – we cater for all ages safely. You can rent a paddle-boat, row-boat or kayak and enjoy the wonderful surroundings in the lagoon which is protected from the sea and is home to incredible birdlife. Call 087 746 2720 or the website can be viewed on www.lagoonactivitycentre.ie

The Model Railway Village- Clonakilty
Whether you are seaching for a fun activity for the kids, want extra entertainment on your family holiday or planning a school tour or active retirement tour, the model village is a must see for all. Walking into the model village, you step back in time and see life as it was in the 1940's. Relax in the unique tea room set on one of the authentic train carriages with a view of Clonakilty bay or take a magical tour of Clonakilty aboard their very own road train, Choo Choo. For more information call 023 8834843 or take a look at their website http://www.modelvillage.ie/

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