Sheep's Head Way

A peaceful, unspoilt peninsula, home of the Sheep’s Head Way walking route, which has some of Ireland's most beautiful scenery.

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The People of Bháire

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Muintir Bháire is the ancient name for the Sheep’s Head peninsula. Bháire was a descendant of Fodhradh Canaan of the Corca Luighe or the race of the Lughaidh, who settled in this country in the pre-Christian era. Muintir Bháire are “the people of Bháire”. The land holds many reminders of the early inhabitants – lioses or dúns, promontory forts, earthen caishils and … [Read more...] about The People of Bháire