This is the most westerly of West Cork’s inhabited islands. It lies throughout a narrow sound that one crosses by way of boarding the most effective cable vehicle in Ireland. The maximum westerly of West Cork’s inhabited islands, Dursey lies throughout a narrow sound and is a superb getaway from the fray of present day living. This rugged island is accessed through Ireland’s simplest cable automobile which runs about 250m above the ocean and takes six human beings. The journey takes approximately ten mins crossing Dursey Sound, wherein robust tides make journeying through boat hazardous. The island is a part of the Beara Way strolling trail. Having no stores, pubs or restaurants, it offers the day visitor a completely unique revel in of calm with marvelous perspectives of the Beara peninsula. It is also a fowl watcher’s paradise with rare birds from Siberia and America to be noticed there. The Signal Tower stands on the highest factor of the island and has commanding views north to the Skelligs and south to Mizen Head. It was built two hundred years in the past as part of a line of defense throughout the Napoleonic Wars.