Dursey Island

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Dursey Island

Activities on the island: Bird, whale and dolphin watching

Timetable for the cable car at the bottom of this page

Aerial view of Dursey from the west. In the lower right of the island, atop the cliffs, are remains of the old temporary lighthouse. It was built there when the Calf Rock lighthouse was destroyed in a storm in the early 1880s, and functioned until the Bull Rock lighthouse began operating

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Boarding the cable car to the island

Sheep and animals, such as cows, travel frequently on the cable car.

The cable car is the only one in Ireland. The journey takes about ten minutes crossing the infamous Dursey Sound where strong tides make travelling by boat hazardous

The view from the mainland. the cable car is on the right hand side of the picture about half-way down. You can drive all the way to it and park up for your trip across
	The first village
The island graveyard
	The Signal Tower stands on the furthest west hill and has commanding views north to the Skelligs, south to the Mizen. It was built 200 years ago as a line of defence against the French. A signalling tower to relay from one tower to the next a warning of invasion. In line of sight there was one from Malin in Northern Donegal, down the west coast and up around to Dublin
Aerial view of the Calf Rock. In the distance you can just make out the Cow and the Bull rocks. The lighthouse was destroyed in a violent storm on 27th November 1881
	The Bull Rock can be seen from Dursey away in the distance. This view was taken from a helicopter. To view more pictures of Irish lighthouses click here

The Dursey Cable Car Timetable

Monday to Saturday:
9.00am to 11.00am
2.30pm to 5.00pm
7.00pm to 8.00pm

Sunday
9.00am to 10.30am
1.00pm to 2.30pm
7.00pm to 8.00pm