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Discover Dursey by local author
Penelope Durell. A detailed guide and History to Dursey Island the most westerly inhabited Island in Ireland and part of the Allihies Parish.First Published 1990l - 273 pages, Black & White Maps, Photos and Illustrations plus some Colour photos Cover Picture: Oileán Baoi by Brian O'Sullivan Click for more details...or Order here... McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy. One of the authors rules of traveling is to never pass a bar with your name on it. An hilarious account of his journey through Ireland which includes the Beara peninsula, Allihies and Dursey Island. Not to be missed!
Click on the image for more details. If you've read McCarthy's Bar you might want to read his new book out soon. Pre-order here from amazon and you will be the first to receive it. (Hardback only at the moment.) Buy online here through Amazon and we get a few cents! Click on the image for more details. Hungry Hill Daphne Du Maurier
This is the tale of a feuding Irish family spanning three generations. Obviously based on the Copper Mines of Allihies although all the local place names have been changed.Hungry Hill By Daphne Du Maurier. Buy online here through Amazon and we get a few cents! Click on the image. The Film of Hungry Hill [1946] Based on Daphne du Maurier's book. Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, et al.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst,The Video is also available here: Hungry Hill [1946] Click on the image.
The Grand Tour of Beara. A collection of various writers accounts of visiting the area. Penelope Durell, Cornelius Kelly
Cailleach Books Paperback - 24 July, 2000. Click on the image for more details.Also of Local interest from Amazon.
Click on the Green links...The Beara and Sheep's Head Peninsula... Barry Keane
The Collins Press
Paperback - 1 January, 1998
Beara - a Journey Through History Daniel M. O'Brien
Beara Historical Society
Paperback - August 1991
The Beara Way Michael Fewer
Ordnance SurveyThe FIR Tree Map of the Beara Peninsula... You can also search amazon for a wide range of products from this search box. We will earn a small percentage from any sale!