Guidebook for Skibbereen

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Guidebook for Skibbereen

Food Scene

Excellent Michelin Star restaurant in Ballydehob
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Restaurant Chestnut - West Cork
Staball Hill
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Excellent Michelin Star restaurant in Ballydehob
Great coffee and cakes, brunch and dinner on selected evenings
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Budds Restaurant
Main Street
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Great coffee and cakes, brunch and dinner on selected evenings
Wonderful wholefoods shop and café
Hudsons Wholefoods
18 Main St
Wonderful wholefoods shop and café
Great cakes and coffee, lunch and afternoons. All made using local produce.
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Kalbos Cafe
26 North St
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Great cakes and coffee, lunch and afternoons. All made using local produce.
Great pizza and fish, seafood platters and pints.
The Waterfront Hotel
Great pizza and fish, seafood platters and pints.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great line up of bands and musicians 'Over the Shop Counter' and a monthly trad session to boot.
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Levis' Bar
Main Street
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Great line up of bands and musicians 'Over the Shop Counter' and a monthly trad session to boot.
Great music at the weekend, monthly trad session and an art gallery upstairs featuring local artists
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Rosies Bar
Main Street
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Great music at the weekend, monthly trad session and an art gallery upstairs featuring local artists
Great bar, great pub seafood, music, rugby games on the big screen, overlooking the harbour
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O'Sullivans Bar, Crookhaven
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Great bar, great pub seafood, music, rugby games on the big screen, overlooking the harbour

Sightseeing

The southernmost point of Ireland. Great walk, iconic bridge and museum
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1 Mizen Head Signal Station
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The southernmost point of Ireland. Great walk, iconic bridge and museum
Jeremy Iron's pink castle, actually more terracotta...Just down the road, funnily enough!
Kilcoe Castle
Jeremy Iron's pink castle, actually more terracotta...Just down the road, funnily enough!

Parks & Nature

The up-side-down garden and wonderful trails
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Liss Ard Estate
Castletownsend Rd
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The up-side-down garden and wonderful trails
The best beach in West Cork
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Barley Cove Beach
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The best beach in West Cork

Arts & Culture

The centre for arts in West Cork.
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West Cork Arts Centre
Uillinn
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The centre for arts in West Cork.
This heritage centre concentrates on Skibbereen's history especially around the time of the famine
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Skibbereen Heritage Centre
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This heritage centre concentrates on Skibbereen's history especially around the time of the famine
Wonderful local art on display and for sale
Blue House Gallery
Main Street
Wonderful local art on display and for sale
Wonderful local artists, new exhibitions regularly.
Aisling Art Gallery
Wonderful local artists, new exhibitions regularly.

Shopping

Wonderful bespoke locally made jewellery and also bags, scarves etc.
Enibas Jewellery
Main Street
Wonderful bespoke locally made jewellery and also bags, scarves etc.
Ballydehob post office is iconic. And on top of being a post office and stationary store, Bridie has a wonderful craft shop featuring local artists and crafts people.
Post Office
Main Street
Ballydehob post office is iconic. And on top of being a post office and stationary store, Bridie has a wonderful craft shop featuring local artists and crafts people.
Excellent lifestyle store. Did all my Christmas shopping there this year.
The Copper Merchant
Main Street
Excellent lifestyle store. Did all my Christmas shopping there this year.

Essentials

The best in the west... actually probably one of the best supermarkets in Ireland....
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Field's SuperValu Skibbereen
Main Street
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The best in the west... actually probably one of the best supermarkets in Ireland....