Dursey Island Cable CarA cable car that takes six people at a time across the sound to Dursey Island, at the western end of the Beara peninsula.
Cliffs
Mizen Head
Goleen, County Cork
Ireland's southwest tip, reached by an arched bridge over the water between two cliffs.
- Where
- Goleen, County Cork
- Address
- Mizen Head
- Official site
- mizenhead.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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