Kinsale has so many things to do, on and off the water. From historical walking tours, ghost tours, castles, forts, galleries and shops, arts & crafts, horse riding, golf and the recently launched Kinsale Gourmet Academy – you’ll never be bored in Kinsale! With three marinas, a yacht club, two outdoor activity centres, boat and yacht hire, harbour cruises, beaches, sailing, kayaking, fishing and scuba diving there is so much to see and do in this busy harbour town.
Paul McGovern Tel: 087 6417068 kinsalemaritimewalks@gmail.com http://www.kinsalemaritimewalks.com
5 Ringcurran Rise Ardbrack Kinsale Co Cork
Kinsale Maritime Walks are coastal nature walks.
Duration is approx. 3 Hours. The walk requires a moderate level of fitness plus suitable clothing and water. Starting point: Car Park at the Bulman Pub in Summercove Contact …
The sinking of the Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale on May 7th 1915, has been described as the first major civilian atrocity of W.W.W.1 and part of the reason why President Wilson eventually abandoned the U.S. policy of neutrality in April 1917. At the beginning of the war …
Lusitania memorial – Old Head of Kinsale: Remembering the 1198 civilians lost when the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on 7th May 1915.…
THE 200 year-old Signal Tower at the Old Head has been restored to its former glory and is officially open to the public as a Lusitania Museum.
The Museum exhibits artefacts recovered from the wreckage of the ship on the top floor, and its parapet walk way boasts beautiful panoramic …
The Tower was built in 1805 as a response to the threat of invasion from Napoleonic France. While it was described as a ‘fencible guardhouse’ giving the impression of a military fortification of some kind, its function was primarily as a station for passing urgent messages from its neighbouring stations …
Kinsale Garden of Remembrance is dedicated to the memory of Fr. Mychal Judge, Chaplain in the New York Fire Department and to the 343 brave fire fighters, who so courageously lost their lives in New York on September 11th 2001. The Kinsale Garden of Remembrance was initiated by Kathleen Murphy, …
021-477-2220 Church St, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 PK68
Built in 1190, this church has remained in continuous use to the present day. Some interesting features include an inscription in Norman French, the Easter sepulchre, the Baptismal font, the carved memorials, and the reredos from the Galway chapel as well as …
Market Square, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 D962, Ireland Tel: 021 477 7930
This interesting building was built about 1600, with additions in 1706 that included the frontage with the loggia on the ground floor. The courthouse was used for the inquest into the sinking of the liner Lusitania on …
There are references to a lighted beacon at the Old Head in pre-Christian times. The first lighthouse, proper, with a design unique to Ireland, was a cottage-type, with an open coal fire in a brazier on its roof – you will pass its runs on the way out to the …
SatNav: 51.7185943,-8.5604317. Intersection of the R605 and L7244
An Irish chieftain’s stone chair bearing the legend ‘Briseadh Ceann tSaile’ ‘The Battle of Kinsale’ stands at Millwater crossroads, once a strategic ford crossing at a mill complex on the road to Bandon about two miles from Kinsale.
Here on 3rd January …
Kinsale Tourist Office.
Emmet Place, Kinsale, Co Cork, P17 C973
Tel: + 353 21 4772234
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