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Glengarriff
Glengarriff (Gleann Garbh in Irish,
meaning "rough glen") is a village of approximately 600 people
in the south-west region of Co. Cork.
Known internationally as a tourism venue, it boasts many natural attractions.
It sits at the northern head of a beautiful glen, the Glengarriff Bay, a smaller enclave
of Bantry Bay. It consists chiefly of pleasantly scattered hotels and other places catering for visitors. Glengariff Harbour has the appearance of a lovely land-locked estuary or a lake dotted with a hundred wooded islets; its entrance is guarded by the island of Ilnaculin or Garinish Island.
Located 20 km west of Bantry,
and 30 km east of Castletownbere,
it is a popular stop along the routes around the area. In recent years,
its importance as a waypoint along the coast to
Cork fish-delivery route has declined as local infrastructure improves
and vehicular traffic can now navigate its once-quaint thoroughfare
at significant speed.
Primarily, the economy revolves around a combination of tourism, subsistence
farming and local services.
Notably among local attractions, Garnish Island is well
worth a visit, as is the more recently developed Bamboo Park. A botanical
and horticultural paradise in Glenagarriff Bay, it is located about
25 minutes off-shore and accessible via small passenger ferries which
depart from three different locations around the bay - Glengarriff
Blue Pool, Glengarriff Pier and Shrone Slip. Also worth visiting is
the national forest, with some of the oldest and most extensive oach
and birch groves in Ireland.