Roaringwater Bay
County Cork, Republic of Ireland
from Walking in Ireland
ABOVE: The harborfront in Baltimore, County
Cork. INSET BELOW: Local boats, the Baltimore Beacon on Roaringwater Bay, and a
convivial scene at Bushes Bar.
 Roaringwater
Bay is the southernmost bay in Ireland, and
Fastnet Rock--just to
the southwest of Cape Clear Island--was known as "Ireland's Teardrop" in the
19th Century, when it was the last part of Ireland that emigrants saw as they
sailed to America.
 The
bay is home to Carbery's Hundred Isles, a cluster of islands near the fishing
village and sailing center of Baltimore in West Cork. Baltimore and its
islands are well off the beaten tourist path, being some 60 miles or 100 km from
the city, airport, and ferry port of Cork.
 Baltimore
itself is a pleasant little town with a busy harbor and a number of cozy pubs
overlooking the bay. From the harborfront, you can take small passenger-ferry
boats to Sherkin,
Heir, and
Cape Clear Islands. And
while this article treats Baltimore as a jumping-off point for several nearby
islands in
Roaringwater Bay, the village is a worthwhile tourist destination in its own
right with a sailing school, a Seafood Festival, a Wooden Boat Festival, and the
O'Driscoll Clan Mid-Summer Festival, which attracts descendants of the bay's
ancient rulers from all over the world.
For more
information on Baltimore, see:
Baltimore, West Cork
(Official site)
Next article:
Sherkin Island
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