Gallery | Eyeries Holiday Park, Beara, West Cork

The photographs of the park are the park's own. The photographs of Eyeries and the Beara Peninsula around it are by photographers who share their work on Wikimedia Commons. More photographs and video of the holiday homes are on the way.

The village

The painted houses, O'Shea's, the Post Office and General Store and O'Sullivan's Foodstore, about two minutes on foot from the gate, and the quay on the shore beyond the village.

Coast and country

Coulagh Bay, the rocky shore below the village, the boreens and fields around it, and the road along the Ring of Beara.

Heritage and day trips

The 7th-century church at Kilcatherine, Ardgroom stone circle, the Dursey cable car, Garinish Island, Castletownbere, Bere Island and Allihies.

The park itself

The holiday homes, inside one of the new homes, the motorhome bays, the playground by the entrance and the park from the air. The header picture on the Motorhome Park page is an illustration, not a photograph of the park.

The park

Eyeries Holiday Park

The holiday homes, the motorhome bays and the park from the air, from the park's own photographs. More photographs and video of the homes are on the way.

O'Sullivan's Foodstore in blue and orange on the main street of Eyeries, with a row of yellow, blue and green painted houses running down the hill — O'Sullivan's and the main streetPhoto supplied by Eyeries Holiday Park

Aerial view over the park and the painted houses of Eyeries, across fields and forestry to Coulagh Bay and the mountains — From above the park to Coulagh BayPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

A new static holiday home in pale grey cladding with dark-framed patio doors across the front, on its base at Eyeries Holiday Park — A new home on its basePhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

Inside one of the new homes: a fitted kitchen with navy units, pale marble-effect worktops, a black range cooker and a dining table, on a herringbone floor — The kitchen in one of the new homesPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

Motorhomes and a car parked around a gravel loop with level grass bays at Eyeries Motorhome Park — The Motorhome ParkPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

Aerial view of Eyeries village: a new estate of coloured houses around a green, with the park, a playing pitch and forestry beyond — Eyeries village from the airPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

A vintage green and cream caravan and a white motorhome parked beyond a wildflower bed and a wooden fingerpost pointing to Ardgroom and Allihies — Wildflowers and the fingerpostPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

Bathroom in one of the new homes, with a large shower enclosure, a basin on a wood-effect unit, a heated towel rail and a toilet — Bathroom/shower roomPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

A fenced playground with swings, a slide and a basketball hoop on a grassy slope, with houses and hills behind — The playground by the entrancePhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

Double bedroom in one of the new homes, with a padded headboard, wall lights and fitted oak-effect wardrobes — Double bedroomPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

A new static holiday home in pale grey cladding with dark window frames and white steps to the door, on a lawn under a blue sky, with a second home behind — One of the new homesPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

Hallway in one of the new homes, with herringbone flooring, oak-effect doors and the front door open onto the lawn — The hallwayPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

A man and a young boy in a hi-vis vest holding up an Eyeries Holiday Park sign advertising static mobile homes against a stone wall — The new signPhoto: Eyeries Holiday Park

A yellow and red road train carrying children along the bunting-hung main street of Eyeries during the Family Festival, with crowds on either side — The road train at the Family FestivalPhoto supplied by Eyeries Holiday Park

In pictures

Eyeries and the peninsula around it

Twenty-six photographs, from the village street to Dursey Sound and the Kenmare River. Each is credited beneath it, with the full details and links at the foot of the page.

Green field and a low stone wall in front of the painted houses of Eyeries, with the Slieve Miskish mountains behind — A line of colourful buildingsPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sunlit sea seen over dark shoreline rocks at Eyeries, with mountains across the bay under a hazy sky — A view across the bayPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roofless stone walls of the ruined church at Kilcatherine among headstones in the graveyard — Kilcatherine churchPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

O'Shea's Bar in Eyeries, a yellow building with red window frames and picnic tables outside, beside pale green houses — O'Shea's Bar, EyeriesPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fishing trawlers moored side by side in Castletownbere harbour, with the town and its church behind — Castletownbere HarbourPhoto: Robert W Watt, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A ewe and her lamb on grass above a rocky inlet, with the sea and low hills behind — Ewe and lamb by the seaPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Standing stones of Ardgroom stone circle in rough grass, with the sea and a line of mountains in the distance — Ardgroom Stone CirclePhoto: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Eyeries Post Office and General Store, a mustard-yellow building with a green shopfront and a car parked outside — Eyeries post officePhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rocky shoreline below Eyeries with a grassy islet and the mountains of Kerry across the water — Rocky coastline below EyeriesPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Dursey Island cable car cabin hanging from its cables against a grey sky — Dursey Island cable carPhoto: K. Jähne, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

O'Sullivan's Foodstore in Eyeries, an orange and blue shop with pallets of fuel and supplies stacked outside — O'Sullivan's Foodstore, EyeriesPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A rocky green hillside rising above dense scrub and woodland along the Ring of Beara — Along the Ring of Beara, the hillsPhoto: Zairon, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The yellow Coppermines Lodge and the red-fronted O'Neill's bar on the street in Allihies — Coppermines Lodge and O'Neill's Bar, AllihiesPhoto: Nomasoft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The small concrete quay at Eyeries reaching into calm blue water, with islands and hills on the horizon — Eyeries quayPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A narrow country road near Eyeries lined with white cottages and parked cars, a man walking up the road under towering clouds, with the bay and hills in the distance — Minor road at EyeriesPhoto: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A steep street of red, pink and blue houses in Eyeries, photographed in June 1994 — Multicoloured houses of Eyeries, June 1994Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rugged headlands and grey water along the coast of the Kenmare River under low cloud — View along the coast of the Kenmare RiverPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A gravel path between flower borders leading to a gateway in the walled garden on Garinish Island — Walled garden, Garinish IslandPhoto: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Row of brightly painted houses along the main street of Eyeries in cream, blue, red, pink and yellow, under a blue sky with big white clouds — Painted houses in EyeriesPhoto: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Calm blue water and a navigation marker seen from the ferry approaching Bere Island, with green hills beyond — Approaching Bere Island on the ferryPhoto: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

An empty stretch of the Ring of Beara road between hedgerows, with hills rising ahead — Along the Ring of Beara, the roadPhoto: Zairon, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colourful shopfronts and parked cars along Main Street in Castletownbere, with hills behind the town — Main Street, CastletownberePhoto: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scattered farmhouses among fields and scrub near Eyeries under a wide cloudy sky, with the sea beyond — Scattered houses near EyeriesPhoto: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Farmhouses and green fields near Ballydonegan looking towards the bay and the hills around Allihies — Near Ballydonegan, from the R575Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dark rocks at a point near Eyeries with a calm sea and a distant headland — Rocky point near EyeriesPhoto: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The road from the north winding down into Eyeries, with the painted houses, Coulagh Bay and the Kerry mountains beyond — The road north into EyeriesPhoto: An Sasanach, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Attribution

Photo credits

The photographs on this site are the work of the photographers named below, shared under Creative Commons licences through Wikimedia Commons and Geograph. The licence stays with each photograph wherever it is reused, and the Source link beside each one opens the original file.

A line of colourful buildings

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

A view across the bay

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Kilcatherine church

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

O'Shea's pub, Eyeries

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Castletownbere Harbour

Photo: Robert W Watt. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Ewe and lamb by the sea

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Ardgroom Stone Circle

Photo: Ingo Mehling. CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.

Eyeries post office

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Rocky coastline below Eyeries

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Dursey Island cable car

Photo: K. Jähne. CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.

O'Sullivans sell most things in Eyeries

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Along the Ring of Beara, the hills

Photo: Zairon. CC BY 4.0. Source.

Coppermines Lodge and O'Neill's Bar and Restaurant in Allihies

Photo: Nomasoft. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source.

Eyeries quay

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Minor road at Eyeries

Photo: Steven Brown. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Multicoloured Houses of Eyeries, June 1994

Photo: Jeff Buck. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

View along the coast of the Kenmare River

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Walled garden, Garinish Island

Photo: Berthold Werner. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source.

Painted Houses in Eyeries, Beara Peninsula

Photo: Ingo Mehling. CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.

On the ferry from Castletown Bearhaven approaching the jetty on Bear Island

Photo: Colin Park. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Along the Ring of Beara, the road

Photo: Zairon. CC BY 4.0. Source.

Castletown Bearhaven, view northeast along Main Street

Photo: Colin Park. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

Scattered houses near Eyeries

Photo: Steven Brown. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

View of buildings near Ballydonegan, seen from a hill near the R575

Photo: DXR. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source.

Rocky point near Eyeries

Photo: Gordon Hatton. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.

An bóthar ó thuaidh isteach go Baile na nAoraí (the road north into Eyeries)

Photo: An Sasanach. CC BY 4.0. Source.

Photographs of the park

Photographs of the park, the holiday homes and the motorhome bays are Eyeries Holiday Park's own.

Illustrations, not photographs

The header picture on the Motorhome Park page is a computer-generated illustration made to set the mood. It is not a photograph of Eyeries Holiday Park and will be replaced with one of the park's own photographs.

The village and the peninsula, in pictures.

The village

Coast and country

Heritage and day trips

The park itself

Eyeries Holiday Park

Eyeries and the peninsula around it

Photo credits

A line of colourful buildings

A view across the bay

Kilcatherine church

O'Shea's pub, Eyeries

Castletownbere Harbour

Ewe and lamb by the sea

Ardgroom Stone Circle

Eyeries post office

Rocky coastline below Eyeries

Dursey Island cable car

O'Sullivans sell most things in Eyeries

Along the Ring of Beara, the hills

Coppermines Lodge and O'Neill's Bar and Restaurant in Allihies

Eyeries quay

Minor road at Eyeries

Multicoloured Houses of Eyeries, June 1994

View along the coast of the Kenmare River

Walled garden, Garinish Island

Painted Houses in Eyeries, Beara Peninsula

On the ferry from Castletown Bearhaven approaching the jetty on Bear Island

Along the Ring of Beara, the road

Castletown Bearhaven, view northeast along Main Street

Scattered houses near Eyeries

View of buildings near Ballydonegan, seen from a hill near the R575

Rocky point near Eyeries

An bóthar ó thuaidh isteach go Baile na nAoraí (the road north into Eyeries)

Photographs of the park

Illustrations, not photographs

Pictures are one thing. Come and see it for yourself.