Take A SHOT… Immerse yourself... Get on your bike... at A Hole in One in heritage and history and bring a fishing rod! Town Sheep’s Head: Cycle & Walking Route Go Clonakilty! Clonakilty, is set in the heart of West The Sheep’s Head cycle near the popular seaside resort of route starts at Inchydoney. It is filled with character, top and ends in Roaringwater restaurants and cosy pubs alive with great Bay, near . The Golf, Water Sports, Cycles & much more! music. Strolling through the town, the signposted route is 120km heritage and history of the town is evident long and travels down the with brewery buildings, mills and quayside northern side of Sheep’s warehouses. Soak up the atmosphere and Head Peninsula, then enjoy local produce every Friday morning at returns to . Turn the Clonakilty market. Of course, don’t forget to go shopping in right in Durrus and ride on to Ballydehob. The Sheep’s Head Way the many boutiques and craft shops and finish your day with a is a winner of a Waterford Crystal Walker Award. The 55 mile wander around the art gallery. long distance walk has a huge variety of terrain all with beautiful views and there are many long and short loop walks available. Whether a novice or an aspiring professional, Beaches It takes in a superb moorland crest and rugged cliffs as well as has a golf course to suit you. For the more light hearted, try easy lowland terrain. Pitch & Putt Club. Situated at the Warren Strand, Inchydoney is the blue flag beach www.thesheepsheadway.ie CLONAKILTY Rosscarbery, the course offers two 18 Hole Links Courses (a located just 3km from Clonakilty short & long course). The more ambitious can choose from town. Popular with surfers, either Dunmore Golf Course or Lisselan Golf Course. Dunmore swimmers and sun bathers, this Bicycle Hire Clonakilty measures 4500 yards from the back tees and is a nine hole vast beach was once an island Why not hire a bike to see Parkland Course. and is now linked to the mainland the Sheep’s Head cycle by two causeways. There are also If you really fancy a challenge, then the Lisselan Golf Course is for track? numerous other unspoilt beaches you. This 9 hole course with a par 73 layout consists of 5 par 5, within a 10 mile radius, including MTM Bicycle Hire 4 par 3 and 9 par 4 holes. The Lisselan estate also has beautiful Duneen, Red Strand, Owenahincha, Ashe Street, Clonakilty, gardens and offers river fishing for salmon and sea trout. Long Strand and the Warren. Co. Cork Rosscarbery Pitch & Putt: Warren Strand Tel: 023 88 48188 Tel: 023 883 3584 Lisselan Golf & Gardens: Clonakilty Tel: 023 88 33249 Dunmore Golf Course: Tel: 023 88 33352 The Big Fella, Michael Collins One of ’s greatest military and political leaders lived 6km, Fishing west of Clonakilty during the early 1900’s. His family home has Clonakilty, , been partially resorted and is open to the public. Collins joined and Rosscarbery are fantastic fishing the Irish Volunteers and took part in the 1916 Rising. Following locations, whether you are a novice or signing of a treaty in 1921, there was a split which culminated professional, a freshwater or seawater in the start of the Civil War. Michael Collins was Commander of angler or giving it a go for the first the Free State (pro-treaty) Army and on August 22, his convoy time on holidays. Go river fishing on was ambushed at Béal na Bláth, near Crookstown, north of the Bandon and Argideen Rivers or at Enniskeane and Collins was killed in the crossfire. The Michael Lisselan Estate. Fishing trips are also Collins Centre, provides audio video presentations around his life arranged by Clontackle & Leisure Shop. Active Weekends with the and the events of the time. This can be completed with a guided tour of the ambush trail. Clontackle & Leisure Quality Hotel & Leisure Club Tel: 023 88 35580 Michael Collins Centre www.clontackle.com Clonakilty, West Cork Tel: 023 8846107 www.michaelcollinscentre.com

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