Entering the parish of Inchigeeelagh from the East, the first impression is created when you cross the River Lee at Dromcarra. From here to Inchigeelagh along the back road, Sceithin na Radharc, you pass several old Planters Houses, and the sites of three O'Leary "Castles", Carrignacurra being well worth a detour.

Inchigeelagh village is a good stopping point with four hotels and pubs, and a few useful shops. You now have to make up your mind as to whether to take the beautiful South Lake Road, or perhaps, go on to Ballingeary and Gougane Barra. Or both.

Lough Allua, or Inchigeelagh Lake offers good sport for the Pike fisherman. It runs along the Lee from Inchigeelagh to Ballingeary. Here mountains and breathtaking scenery surround you. You can fish from the shore, but boats are available for hire from Creedon's Hotel, and a ghillie can be provided if you want one.

Clan Name

Inchigeelagh is part of the ancestral home of the O'Creedon and O' Leary in Ireland and forms a stage of the Beara-Breifne Greenway which is based on the historic march of O'Sullivan Beara in 1603.

Greenways Festival 2003

Inchigeelagh is talking part in the Greenways Festival in summer 2003 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the legendary 1603 march of O’Sullivan Beara from the Beara Peninsula to the Breifne area. Click here for info on the events