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Monastic Ruin Dursey Island221 viewsMay 27, 2008
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The Old Church Castletownbere 1909221 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Church of the Sacred Heart 1911204 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Castletown Berehaven 1905329 viewsCastletown Berehaven in 1905 viewed from the BayMay 27, 2008
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Gerard Harrington876 viewsGerdie is the President and past Chairman of the Beara Historical Society, founded in 1986.
In 1999 he was selected as Beara Person of the Year.
He is currently contributing the weekly section of Beara and District News to the Southern Star and occasional articles under the title ‘Down Memory Lane’, a series much loved not only by the people of Beara but also by many readers in Boston
May 27, 2008
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Magpies258 viewsThe Magpie team of 1915May 27, 2008
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Puxley Mansion357 viewsA view of the Puxley Mansion, Dunboy. Taken around 1903May 27, 2008
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Pierhead Bantry189 viewsThe Pierhead Bantry with the old Pier to the leftMay 27, 2008
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Berehaven Cart302 viewsThe Famous 'Berehaven Cart' outside MacCarthy's Bar, known from the poem of the same nameMay 27, 2008
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Coastguard Station192 viewsCastletown Berehaven Coastguard StationMay 27, 2008
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FairDay326 viewsFair Day in The Square, Castletownbere 1970'sMay 27, 2008
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Bere Island341 viewsThe handover of Bere Island by the British to the Irish Free State, (Saorstát Éireann)
26th September 1938.
Although Southern Ireland won Dominion Status on the 6th December 1921, the United Kingdom retained control as sovereign bases, three deep water ports in Ireland. Known collectively as the Treaty Ports, these were respectively, Castletown Berehaven, Lough Swilly and Queenstown (Cobh)
May 27, 2008
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Kilmacowen334 viewsVictims of the Kilmacowen EvictionsMay 27, 2008
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Kilmacowen Evictions302 viewsVictims of the Kilmacowen EvictionsMay 27, 2008
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Fair-Day280 viewsFair Day Castletownbere 1978May 27, 2008
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Rosmacowen281 viewsThe Participants of the Siege of Rosmacowen in 1904May 27, 2008
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