{"id":874,"date":"2023-11-14T10:53:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brunapairc.com\/?page_id=874"},"modified":"2026-06-11T06:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:31:08","slug":"local-attractions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brunapairc.com\/?page_id=874","title":{"rendered":"Local Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enjoy your stay and make the most of it. We have a proposed tour for a 3 day\/2 night<\/span><\/p>\n

getaway. Spend the night making use of<\/span><\/p>\n

our barbeque facilities (self catering) at Bruna Pairc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cariganass Castle -> Kealkill Stone Circle -> <\/strong>Priest’s Leap<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carriganass Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The restored castle ruins reminds us of the rich Irish history whereby this castle was built by clan chieftan Dermot O’Sullivan Beare. <\/span><\/p>\n

The tower house style was the building style of choice around 1541 and served as a home and shelters from attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reference:<\/em>https:\/\/carriganasscastle.com\/history\/ <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Stone Circle of Kealkill<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Visit the stone circle of Kealkill, thought to be<\/span><\/p>\n

dated to 2,400-500 BC, the early bronze age. <\/span><\/p>\n

The site was excavated as recent as 1938 by S\u00e9an P.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Typically these five standing stone circles, found<\/span><\/p>\n

only in counties Cork and Kerry, and always consists of the axial stone facing<\/span><\/p>\n

two stones referred to as portal stones, which marks the entrance to the<\/span><\/p>\n

circle. Remember the exact purpose of these stone circles are unknown but<\/span><\/p>\n

thought to be to facilitate rituals of some sort.<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com\/COUNTIES\/CORK\/Kealkill_StoneCircle.html<\/em><\/p>\n

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Priest’s leap<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Priest’s Leap is a straight single-lane mountain pass<\/span><\/p>\n

taking the visitor through Coomhola Bridge and Bonane and the highest pass road<\/span><\/p>\n

in Munster at 463m, accross County Cork and County Kerry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Urban legend has it that a Roman Catholic priest<\/span><\/p>\n

chased by priest hunters got away by a miraculous leap of his horse from a<\/span><\/p>\n

mountain cliff from Cummeenshrule into County Cork.<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priest%27s_Leap <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sheep\u2019s Head ->Three Castle Head -> <\/strong>Mizen Head<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sheep\u2019s Head<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Walk 4.2 kilometers and experience the beauty and south most point in Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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www.thewildatlanticway.com\/sight\/sheeps-head\/ <\/em><\/p>\n

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Three Castle Head<\/strong><\/p>\n

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restored castle ruins reminds us of the rich Irish history whereby this castle<\/span><\/p>\n

was built by clan chieftan Dermot O’Sullivan Beare. The tower-house style was<\/span><\/p>\n

the building style of choice around 1541 and served as a home and shelters from attack. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dunlough Castle is known as Three Castle Head but it is actually one castle with two towers.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Dry stone masonry architecture and scenic<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mizen Head<\/strong><\/p>\n

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was built by clan chieftan Dermot O’Sullivan Beare. The tower-house style was<\/span><\/p>\n

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Experience the majestic Mizen<\/span><\/p>\n

Head stretching towards the Mizen Head Signal Station warning ships off the<\/span><\/p>\n

rocks close to shore, standing for over 100 years now.  The most southern west point of Ireland wildly<\/span><\/p>\n

beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reference:      https:\/\/www.ireland.com\/en-us\/destinations\/county\/cork\/mizen-head\/<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

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HOME ROOMS LOCAL ATTRACTIONS GALLERY LOCAL ATTRACTIONS Enjoy your stay and make the most of it. We have a proposed tour for a 3 day\/2 night getaway. Spend the night making use of our barbeque facilities (self catering) at Bruna Pairc. 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