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Bere Island, Co Cork

Ann Fitzgerald

The highlights of our stay in west Cork were trips to the islands, Whiddy and Bere.

We decided to cycle on Whiddy Island and the ferryman Tim O'Leary, recognisable from TV3's Islanders series, readily agreed we could bring our bikes, even though he provides bike hire himself from the Bank House bar, opposite the new pontoon that was built a few years ago.