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Ferriter’s Cove Bed and Breakfast overlooks Ferriter's Cove, a great location for shore angling, swimming, snorkelling, kayaking or windsurfing.
A couple of hundred yards away is a magnificent 18 hole championship links golf course. Ceann Sibéal Golf Course (Dingle Golf Links), a magnificient 18 hole championship course. The club house has a bar and restaurant with panoramic
views of the golf course, The Blasket Islands, The Three Sisters, Clogher Head, Smerwick Harbour and Mount Brandon.
"This Links have everything that St. Andrews has - and more!" - Christy O'Connor Jnr.
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Behind the B&B are the ruins of Ferriter's Castle, where the poet and soldier Piaras Feiritéar (or Pierce Ferriter) was born.
He was one of the last Irish Chieftains to be defeated by the Oliver Cromwell's forces. He was hanged in Killarney in 1652.
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The oldest settlement in Kerry was recently excavated on the shores of Ferriter's Cove and was dated to around 4,000 B.C.
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Overlooking Ferriter's Cove are the ruins of a Coastguard Tower on top of Ceann Sibéal (Sybil Head). Constructed to protect against invasion,
it was one of many famine relief projects to help the poor earn money to buy food. The Coastguard Station on the top of Ceann Sibéal was 40 feet high and 30 feet square.
From the Coastguard Station, the sister towers on the Great Blasket and Ballydavid Head can be seen. Care needs to be taken at the top as there is a sheer cliff of nearly 700 feet.
Permission to pass through the fields to visit the Tower may be required from the landowners.
BALLYFERRITER
 Two miles away is the village of Ballyferriter,
one of the most popular destinations for Irish language summer-school students.
The village museum, Músaem Chorca Dhuibnhe, provides information on the history, archaeology and geology of the area.
The three pubs in the village, Tigh Uí Mhurchú (Murphy's Pub), Tigh an tSaorsaigh (Sayers Pub), Tigh Uí Chatháin (Kane's Pub) and the hotel Ostán Ceann Sibé al have regular traditional music sessions and serve food during the tourist season.
CLOGHER HEAD
A couple of miles south is Clogher Head which offers wonderful views of the Blaskets, Ceann Sibéal and the Three Sisters.
Beneath the headland is the beautiful Clogher Beach, however the beach is unsafe for bathing.
Just up the road from Clogher Beach is the world famous Louis Mulcahy Pottery Shop - "Potadóireacht na Caolóige".
Another pottery shop on the same road is "Faoileán Pottery" where the visitor can paint their own pottery.
There is a nice cliff walk from Ferriter's Cove to Clogher Beach, the route is well marked.
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