
Back from Mizen Head, we stopped at Glengarriff. Edi needed time to work, but Cordy could take a little boat to Garnish Island, with its beautiful garden, and enjoy the good weather.


The garden was designed for John Annan Bryce, (1841–1923), who purchased the island from the War Office in 1910. Bryce’s son Roland bequeathed the island to the Irish nation in 1953. The island has played host to writers including George Bernard Shaw and George William Russell.




In the late afternoon, we started our circle around Beara Peninsula, stopping at a beach for the night.


The next morning, the weather was fantastic, and we planned a hike at Dursey Island.

Dursey Island forms like an extension of the Beara Peninsula, but is separated by rough sea. A cable car connects the island with the mainland, which transports not only tourists, but more importantly the locals, who live on the island and even their livestock and supplies. We read that the cabin can transport either one cow, six sheep or six humans.
Sadly, that day, the cable car was under inspection, and we couldn’t go to the island. Instead, we did a hike called the Garnish Loop.








We hadn’t minded, that we had hiked a different route, it was fun to see the only cable car of Ireland anyway and the scenery was fantastic on the Beara Peninsula.

Afterwards we continued our circle and found another spot at the sea for the night, where we could relax in the sun, as long as we could hide from the wind, which had increased.
Tomorrow, we will explore the Kerry Peninsula – more soon!