Culture Kitchen

Culture Kitchen’s food tours take you on a journey to awaken the senses while exploring the stories of the people of West Cork, past and present. Ireland is a living, breathing cornucopia of food and culture where green patchwork pastures meet the wild …

Gougane Barra

The name Gougane Barra comes from Saint Finbarr, who is said to have built a  monastery on an island in the lake nearby during the 6th century. The present ruins date from around 1700 when Fr. Denis O’ Mahony retreated to the Isalnd. During the times o …

Kinsale Town

The very attractive town of Kinsale is just 29km (16 miles) directly south of Cork City. Kinsale has a population of approximately 2,000 people. This historic town has a most important role in Irish tourism and is known as the ‘Gourmet Capital’ of Irel …

Midleton

Located approximately 20km from Cork City on the N25 Cork/Waterford road, you will find the town of Midleton, a thriving business town, which has managed to retain its old identity. Midleton is also accessible by train and with many hotels and shops, M …

Skibbereen

Skibbereen is a lively, cosmopolitan town regarded as the hub of the tourism area that spreads out in many directions form it. It is noted for its shops, pubs and restaurants as well as being home of the West Cork Arts Centre, where many artists who in …

Timoleague

Timoleague in West Cork, is a picturesque village which is situated just 30 miles from Cork City on the Kinsale to Clonakilty coast road (the R600). Perched at the edge of a long sea inlet this friendly tourist village is dominated by the ruins of 13th …

Titanic Trail

The Titanic Trail is a fascinating guided Heritage Tour. It explores the town of Cobh which was the last port of call of RMS Titanic (at the time, it was still called Queesntown). This entertaining and innovative Tour has been operating every day since …

Whale Watch with Colin Barnes

Youghal

Situated on the coastline of East Cork and 50kms from Cork City, there is no town in Ireland that gives you Ireland’s past and present more vividly than Youghal (pronounced Yawl or as in “Y’all come to see us now!”) This historic walled seaport town ad …