Cork Heritage Trail

"The Cork Heritage Pocket Guide" (copies in the House) helps the visitor recognise the main Heritage attractions in the County of Cork. The following are just some of the attractions included:

• Millstreet Country Park
• Fota Wildlife Park
• Cork Museum and Fitzgerald Park
• Rathbarry - Castlefreke Lodge
• Blarney Castle
• Charles Fort - Kinsale
• Ceim Hill Museum - Union Hall
• Drombeg Stone Circle - Glandore

Tennis

The nearest court is just 500 yards away on the Barryroe Parish playing fields. A hard court, it is available at no charge throughout the season. If grass is your forte, you will find the only public grass courts in Ireland in Timoleague. The indoor courts at Clonakilty Leisure Centre are superb and there are further courts at Lissard, Rosscarberry, Kilbritain and Bandon.

Bird Watching

Timoleague is a mecca for this activity in West Cork, but the whole area is blessed with an astonishing amount of bird wildlife. Being situated on the Gulf Stream, we have an almost sub tropical climate, giving rise to water fowl of all kinds which congregate in droves in Autumn and Winter.

There are also the full supporting cast of birds of prey in West Cork, due to the huge numbers of migratory birds. Even here it the House, the Peregrine Falcon is a frequent visitor due to the amount of Pigeon living in our woods. The smaller Kestrel also hunts in the gardens, which are full of all sorts of small birds all year round.
There are huge tracts of wild country just minutes away from us, totally unspoilt and full of birds of every description. So bring your binoculars, monoculars, telescopes and cameras, whatever the time of year you visit.

Traditional Music

No visit to Ireland would be complete without a visit to a pub to listen to some traditional Irish music. Locally, sessions are held in Mary O'Neil's in Butlerstown village, with other, impromptu sessions taking place in one of Timoleague's six pubs. Slightly further afield in Clonakilty, there are two music clubs, one in O'Donovan's Hotel in the main street, and the other a few doors down in De Barra's. Both these venues attract top class Irish performers in all the various disciplines, and operate 7 days a week, during the summer months..

There are many more activities to be had in the area...