Adrigole

Adrigole

Adrigole, (Irish place name|Eádargoil|between two inlets) is a village situated on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. It is centred around the junction of the R572 regional road with the R574. It has a sparsely distributed population of about 450 people.

It is a scattered village strung along the head of a lovley inlet on the very scenic south coast of the Beara Peninsula. Looming over it is Hungry Hill (687m, 2,253 ft) with two rock-girt lakes which feed a fine cascade after rain. Hungry Hill is the highest of the Caha range which forms the spine of the peninsula, and gave its name to Daphne de Maurier's novel about the local copper-mining barons of the 19th century.

General information

The main industries in the area are fishing, farming and tertiary industry. The village has a shop known locally as "Peg's Shop" which also offers certain postal services, such as the purchase of stamps and mailing of letters. There are also four pubs and a Catholic parish church. The area is also served by the two national schools. Its proximity to the town of Castletownbere (approx. 10 miles) makes other services such as banking easily available. However, the village is still lacking the availability of vital health care such as proximity to a major hospital (ER) and has poor infrastructure (poor road and telecommunications infrastructure). The road network has recently been improved significantly, as a local bridge notorious for its winding bend was straightened and the road has been relaid in this area also as part of a strategy for improvement of the main Castletownbere road network.

Transport & communications

* Nearest airport Cork Airport

port

The local area has a Gaelic Athletic Association (football) team, who are famous for their sporting achievements at both a county and country-wide level. Brendan (Ger) O'Sullivan is a famous local player who has done extremely well in the world of GAA. Adrigole won the Cork County Intermediate Championship in 1979. Adrigole GAA Club has recently set up a website, it is available on www.adrigolegaa.com

Adrigole won the Cork County Junior Football Championship on the 19th November 2006, beating Grenagh 0-5 to 0-3 in Páirc Uí Rinn.

External links

* [http://www.adrigole.org Adrigole.org] - More information on Adrigole and its offerings
* [http://www.bearalink.com Bearalink] Great information and up to date news on Beara
* [http://www.adrigolegaa.com Adrigolegaa.com] - Official site of the Adrigole GAA Club
* [http://www.westcorksailing.com West Cork Sailing] - Located in Adrigole Harbour, has lots of information about the surrounding area


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