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SITUATED EIGHT MILES DOWN the Ilen river from Skibbereen, Baltimore has a permanent
population of just over two hundred, although it grows every summer with
visitors who cannot help but return and who are now very much a part of local life.
As you might well guess, fishing and the sea have always played an important part
in the history and economy of our home. Many of the ruined castles standing sentinel
on lonely headlands are the ancient homes of the piratical O Driscoll clan,
who once held sway over a thousand square miles of south-west Ireland.
Although the quiet harbour may resemble the Aegean during the summer, in winter
violent storms blast in from the Atlantic. We are protected from the worst of
them by Carbery s famed Hundred Isles, including Sherkin island and Cape Clear.
Because of its maritime tradition, Baltimore is well known as one of the best
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