The view from above

OFF the south west tip of the Beara peninsula in West Cork, Dursey Island is known for the cable car connecting it to the mainland.

The cable car was opened in 1969 by Taoiseach Jack Lynch and was the brainchild of a priest who had observed a farmer, Tadgh Rogers, hooking up a homemade cable car to move sheep to Crow Island. The Dursey cable car is a lifeline for residents, farmers and tourists.

Images of cattle travelling on the cable car have long been associated with West Cork.