Guidebook for Skibbereen

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Guidebook for Skibbereen

Food Scene

Excellent Michelin Star restaurant in Ballydehob
15 locals recommend
Restaurant Chestnut - West Cork
Staball Hill
15 locals recommend
Excellent Michelin Star restaurant in Ballydehob
Great coffee and cakes, brunch and dinner on selected evenings
20 locals recommend
Budds Restaurant
Main Street
20 locals recommend
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.
12 locals recommend
Kalbos Cafe
26 North St
12 locals recommend
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.
16 locals recommend
Levis' Bar
Main Street
16 locals recommend
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
7 locals recommend
Rosies Bar
Main Street
7 locals recommend
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
17 locals recommend
O'Sullivans Bar, Crookhaven
17 locals recommend
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
22 locals recommend
1 Mizen Head Signal Station
22 locals recommend
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
7 locals recommend
Liss Ard Estate
Castletownsend Rd
7 locals recommend
The up-side-down garden and wonderful trails
The best beach in West Cork
16 locals recommend
Barley Cove Beach
16 locals recommend
The best beach in West Cork

Arts & Culture

The centre for arts in West Cork.
22 locals recommend
West Cork Arts Centre
Uillinn
22 locals recommend
The centre for arts in West Cork.
This heritage centre concentrates on Skibbereen's history especially around the time of the famine
25 locals recommend
Skibbereen Heritage Centre
25 locals recommend
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....
23 locals recommend
Field's SuperValu Skibbereen
Main Street
23 locals recommend
The best in the west... actually probably one of the best supermarkets in Ireland....