Tourist Attractions West Cork Ireland

Ballydehob

• Gurtnagrough Folk Museum

Bantry

• Bantry House, built in 1720, with interesting collection of art and furnishings and gardens designed in the early 1850’s inspired by the Boboli Gardens in Florence; also home to the 1796 French Armada Exhibition

Glandore

• Drombeg Stone Circle, 17 standing stones dating back to around 150 BC, a popular spot for Winter Solstice when at sunset the sun’s rays fall directly on the altar stone

Mizen

• Mizen Vision Signal Station Visitor Centre , the southernmost point on mainland Ireland, the Visitor Centre was once an active lighthouse

Rosscarbery

• Castle Salem
• Michael Collins Memorial Centre, located in Woodfield (between Clonakilty & Rosscarbery)

Schull

• Schull Planetarium, the only Irish planetarium

Skibbereen

• Skibbereen Heritage Centre , featuring the Great Famine Commemoration Exhibition and the Lough Hyne Visitor Centre