An experience report – the self-trial
On the rivers and lakes of Ireland you can rent more than 500 cabin-cruisers and enjoy your vacation with a lot of nature. You can cast the fishing rod or enjoy a bath in the fresh but not so cold lake. In the evening you can dock on a lonely island or on one of the many bases in small towns from where you can go for a typical Irish pub. Ireland has not only water around itself, it is also pervade with rivers and canals. Even if you never navigated a boat you can discover Ireland through the waterway as a holiday captain. Most popular are the rivers Shannon, Erne and River Barrow, which are connected to each other and have a proud distance of 800 km – and the are not used commercially only for fun.
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When people think about vacations in Ireland they inevitably think about
the coastal counties of Kerry, Cork & Galway and of course the big smoke
Dublin. The ring of Kerry, Cliffs of Moher and Connemara are always
amongst the first attractions to spring to mind for first time visitors
to the Emerald Isle. The midlands region of Offaly, Roscommon and east
Galway where I am from is an often forgotten region – that has so much
to offer to travelers whether they be young backpackers or families with
children or other visitors.
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Some of the stunning views and experiences to be had on a trip through the Beara Peninsula.
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Forget about going to Greece to go Island Hopping, come to West Cork.
Roaring Water Bay contains many Islands, ranging from Cape Clear, which is the largest, to small uninhabited rocks and reefs. The most famous of these rocks is The Fastnet Rock. This rock stands out in the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance to Roaring Water Bay and is home to the Fasnett Lighthouse- one of the best known Lighthouses in the world. It is also known as the “Tear Drop of Ireland” because it was the last part of Ireland that the emigrants to the New World saw as they left during famine times. It is also the landmark that give its name to the Fastnet Race one of the world’s most famous yacht races run by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.
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I live about an hour from Cork city and wouldn’t normally consider it as a place for a weekend break but we had visitors and as it turned out Cork was their destination of choice. We decided to give Hayfield Manor a try and we couldn’t have been happier. After a day spent exploring the rugged beauty of west Cork and the pretty fishing town of Kinsale we arrived to the very quiet location in which the hotel is situated close by the pretty campus of University College Cork.
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