At high water the cave is 10m deep and there are extensive vertical walls which are carpeted with jewel anemones, particularly near the entrance.
A torch is useful for exploring the end of the cave where you should also watch out for a surge if there is any swell running at sea. This site is suitable for novices and less experienced divers. A small road leads down to the left here and runs to a surprisingly large pier and slipway after about 1km.
As the little bay faces southwest it offers little shelter and is only useful in calm weather, when shore dives and short distance boat dives are rewarding without being too demanding. Diving under the high cliffs close to the headland is not as exciting as you would expect and hardly worth the effort involved in getting to this very remote place.
Description: The substantial pier is used by local fishermen and has just enough water off the head for a boat at low tide, but at low springs it may be necessary to paddle a short distance before lowering the engine.
Boats may be launched across a hard gravel shore via a short track about m east of the pier. There are no steep gradients and boat trailers can be easily manhandled into the water, however for larger boats launching would need at least half-tide. The harbour is sheltered except for strong north-westerlies and it should be safe to moor a boat if several days diving in the bay are planned.
The harbour itself is suitable for snorkelling or training but for diving it is best to head west out of the harbour. There is good intermediate diving close to the headland only m beyond the harbour mouth. Further around the headland there is deep water close in where advanced divers can easily find depths of up to 40m. It is wise to drop a shot line to assess the depth before diving as the deep water comes very close to the shore in places.
It is possible to shore dive this general area on a calm day by driving 1km west along the coast road where there are access points down to the shore across the fields for the nimble footed diver. Carbery Island about 2km out in the middle of the bay may look promising but in fact has nothing special to offer the diver. Description: Head west along the coast road from Dunmanus Harbour for about 5hm until the small hamlet of Dunkelly is reached.
The road takes a sharp turn to the left after the fourth house on the left which has a derelict lean-to. Turn down to the right 20m before the sharp bend onto a narrow gravel road which twists and turns for 1km down to a charming cove with pier and slipway. The steepness of the access road demands a vehicle that can pull the boat easily. If you did run into problems, the boat could be recovered at Dunmanus Harbour 4km away.
The bottom of the cove is coarse sand and the water is usually crystal clear with loads of life on the rocky sides of the cove. You may have missed Remembering Clive Staples C. S Lewis with some of his most famous Remembering Patrick Kavanagh with some of his most famous quotes 19 October Remembering Jonathan Swift with some of his most famous quotes 19 October Remembering Oscar Wilde with some of his most famous quotes 13 October Boats from America and elsewhere came into Dunmanus Bay, the captains were invited into his house by Canty, were dazzled by a special grog, robbed and pushed through the north door over the cliff into the cove to the north.
On one occasion Canty wanted to stop an invasion by some outsiders at Ballyrisode. He had a daughter, who did not want him to go and tried to stop him, so he shot her. He then crossed by land to Ballyrisode and by moonlight fought a battle on the first strand, which he won. Gravestones to the dead stood on the shore. One day, the son of a captain previously murdered by Canty, who was also a captain, on returning from America was invited in by Canty. But, knowing more than his father, when Canty asked him to step outside he pushed Canty over the cliff.
James himself remembers some gravestones, but these have been covered by encroaching sand over recent years. Graves existing on the second strand are of drowned sailors. These stones are probably the small upright stones which lie close to the fulacht fia today: they certainly resemble grave markers in size and shape. In the context of a Bronze Age fulacht fia such stones were probably part of a hearth or roasting-pit. It is illegal to disturb any archaeological site please note! Our activities at Ballysrisode were confined to measuring and photography.
However, we made a series of probes across the beach to test the depth of the sand and imagine how many excavations have been made on that beach over the years by eager sandcastle engineers! Our results show that there seems to be a consistent depth of only 50mm to mm over the main beach.
Hmmmm… not enough to bury any pirate bones methinks. But I would never want to stand in the way of a good tale. What changes do we see in Ireland, a few generations on? Northside of the Mizen by Patrick McCarthy and Richard Hawkes was written in Mizen Productions and is a collection of memories and stories still being told then about traditional life in this westerly part of of the country:.
It was busy on land and sea, with seine fishing by night and fish curing and farming by day, but there was always time for scoriachting, games and dance, sometimes on Carbery Island or across Dunmanus Bay…. As many as forty-five people in three boats would cross Dunmanus Bay to the White House, and a good crowd of men and women from Bear Island would also come to the dances.
They were great hearty people. I wonder if they would be heard nowadays? It was a long pull around the Mizen but a good time was had by all. The Northsiders were great with the oars, but it was hard to beat the Long Island crews in the boat races….
Danaher : …In very many localities the chief event of the festival was not so much the festive meal as the festive gathering out of doors. Those who had currants or gooseberries in their gardens, and this was usual even among small-holders in Munster and South Leinster, made sure that some dish of these appeared on the table. You could not find a better place to stay or better people than Dympna and Johnny Crowley. We loved our trip and Ireland. Also Midleton is where they make Jameson Whiskey and you can tour the Distillery.
Like Like. Thank you for this information. My Grandfather was Eugene Canty. He was born in here in the US. Not sure what year his parents came here from Ireland though. Love reading about these things. Am going to look up that book North Side of the Mizen, sounds interesting. Thank you again. Like Liked by 1 person. If the weather is kind this year I hope to sail in there. North Side of the Mizen is an excellent book. Thank you for the story of Canty -hadnt heard about the pirate.
My great, great, great, great grandmother was Canty — dont know her first name. He died — they say of a broken heart and alcohol — when they were dispossessed and she and their only child, Mary left Mizen and went to Cunnamore.
She re-married a Mr. Hingston later. Keep up the good work. You cannot imagine how important these write ups about the surrounding area here are, they are invaluable. For me to learn about the people and the land, but for many natives they might tell them more about their ancestors than can be imagined. Thank you. Those steps were quite something and what an adventure finding them! A wild and beautiful part of the world and we saw it at its best.
I think I would have preferred piracy to salting fish! Excellent article, really fascinating. Always wondered about the origins of Canty…another reminder of how much produce came from West Cork…presumably the barrels would have been transported along the Butter Road? Thank you, Julia.
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