| Books and Publications on Beara |
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Beara
Compiled by Gerdie Harrington
Available in
The Shell, Castletownbere
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The Beara Peninsula in counties Cork and Kerry is one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Ireland. Hundreds of prehistoric monuments have been recorded in that area, dating from the Bronze Age to medieval times. The hill valleys of the peninsula also contain an important landscape record of early farm settlement, where entire field patterns are preserved under the growth of blanket peat. This book is the first detailed study to be published on pre-bog fields and early farming in Ireland. It contains the results of new archaeological research for anyone interested in prehistoric and early medieval Ireland, and in the story of Irish farming and its impact on the environment over the past 4000 years. This is a story similar to that of the Ceide Fields in Mayo
The book can be purchased at The Collins Press site
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Beara
Down Memory Lane
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Gerdie Harrington
Available in
The Shell, Castletownbere
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Adrigole
..the Jewel on the Ring
Available at:
Ardgroom Post Office
The Shell, Castletownbere
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Beara
The Unexplored Peninsula
Available in outlets throughout the peninsula
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The Berehaven Copper Mines
Available at:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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A Social & Economic History of Bere Island 1900-1920
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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Discover Dursey
by Penelope Durell
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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Beara's Historical Past vol 2
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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The Gaelic Lordship
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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"Like H.V. Morton before him, Yeadon approaches Ireland with keen eye and ear, and most important, a great big heart.... He's one of the World's most beloved travel writers." - James O'Reilly, editor, Travelers' Tales of Ireland
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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'The Natural History of Ireland' by Philip O'Sullivan Beare (c1590-1660)
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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Bantry Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept.
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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Hungry Hill
Daphne du Maurier
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The Shell, Castletownbere
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'Ireland's Lighthouses A Photo Essay by John Eagle' to be published in May 2010 by Collins Press covers every lighthouse on the Beara Peninsula and all the others round the Irish coast.
Available inThe Shell, Castletownbere
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also on sale in Limar on the Quay
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A Doctor's War
Aidan MacCarthy. |
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Introduction by Pete McCarthy
Researching McCarthy’s Bar Pete McCarthy entered MacCarthy’s Bar in Castletownbere, west Cork. While there Adrienne MacCarthy gave him a copy of her father’s wartime memoir. Pete found it ‘unputdownable’. An RAF medical officer, Aidan served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Far East. In 1944, en route to the Japanese mainland, his ship was torpedoed but a Japanese whaling boat picked him up and he was re-interned on the mainland. In Nagasaki his life was literally saved by the dropping of the atomic bomb and he was an eyewitness to the horror and devastation it caused. Finally, he cruised home on board the Queen Mary.
ISBN-10: 1-903464-70-6
ISBN-13: 978-1903464700
On sale in:
The Shell, Castletownbere
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and online from The Collins Press |
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'Castletownbere Festival of the Sea'
August 1st to 10th 2008
A variety of events from quizzes to rowing, music in the Square, golf, soccer and workshops, details in the above brochure which is also a local business directory with pictures by John Eagle |
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Go Magazine did a feature on the Beara Way July 2008. Go is a supplement in the Irish Times
The feature was written by Mary Keaveney and Frank Murphy who spent 6 days on the south side of the peninsula |
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Tuosist Newsletter
Available in Ardea Post Office
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The Eyeries Newsletter
Available in:
Eyeries Post Office
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