Beara Peninsula Heritage PhotoSite

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Fair Day785 viewsFair day in Castletownbere 1938
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Christmas came late in 1908783 viewsThe S.S. Irada (Gulf Transport Line) was a cargo ship of 8,124 tons built in Belfast by Workman Clark & Co in 1900 for H. Welsford & Co. She left Galveston, Texas in November 1908 with a mixed cargo of raw cotton and 21,000 bales of cotton bound for Liverpool. On the 22nd of December 1908 she hit rocks off the SW Point of Mizen Head and sank with the loss of Captain Beveridge, four crew members and a stewardess. Subsequently many of the bales washed into Pulleen Harbour to the west of Castletownbere where they were gratefully retrieved by locals in the above Picture. The propeller from the ‘Irada’ was salvaged in 1994 and now rests at Mizen Head Visitor Centre as a memorial to all wrecked ships in the area.
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Brandy Hall School782 views
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Berehaven Cart775 viewsThe Famous 'Berehaven Cart' outside MacCarthy's Bar, known from the poem of the same name
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Brandy Hall School, 1931772 viewsBack row L to R. Teacher Patrick O’Neill, Patrick Harrington, Gerard (Gerdie) Harrington, P.J Broderick, Donal (Pake) O’Neill, Pat Murphy, Frank Murphy, Joe O’Shea (Square), Fergus O’Neill, Brendan Lyne, Jackie O’Sullivan, Pádraig Shea, Teacher.
Middle L to R. Willie Harrington, Willie Sheehan, Eamon Murphy, Tommy Brennan, Bernard Shanahan, Brendan Hanley, Michael Maher, Michael O’Neill, Pat O’Sullivan (Giles), George Hegarty, Donal Murphy.
Front L to R. Paddy Sheehan, Tim Moriarty, Joe O’Shea (West End), Paddy Crowley, John McAuliffe. Michael Hanley, Donie (Dole) Murphy and Michael Harrington
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Eddie (Big Eddie) O'Sullivan771 viewsBig Eddie enjoying the pint in MacCathy's Bar. Eddie was Beara's Creamery Lorry driver during the 1940's and 50's
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Cahergarriff National School 1930’s 769 viewsFront Row L to R. Frank and Willie Murphy, Patrick O’Neill, Christy Conroy, John O’Sullivan, Sean (Johnny) O’Sullivan, Patrick (The Master) O’Sullivan, John and Teddy (Sharraig) O’Sullivan.
Second Row L to R. Eileen Power, Maureen and Peggy O’Neill, Una O’Neill, Kathleen (Johnny) O’Sullivan, Eileen McCarthy, Betty and Sheila Murphy.
Third Row L to R. Nealie O’Neill, Michael O’Shea, Teresa O’Sullivan, Chrissy O’Shea, Chrissie (Johnny) O’Sullivan, Diarmuid (Jonny) O’Sullivan Gerard O’Neill. Back Row Kevin Murphy, Pat O’Shea, Willie Power and James McCarthy.
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Haymaking765 viewsMaking a rick of hay in Cronins’ Knockoura, in the 1950’s
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Early Gig. Castletown Berehaven764 views
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