Islands of Ireland: Beautiful Illauncreeveen is a magnet for photographers and swimmers

Head to Glengarriff to view — or visit — this jewel of an island

Illauncreeveen, Glengarriff Harbour, County Cork. Picture: Dan MacCarthy

Illauncreeveen, County Cork

It is instructive to read back on old accounts of Ireland from the 19th century. The language is often flowery, the tributes glowing and the ostentatious ideals sobering. One such missive, from the pen of English writer Samuel Smiles concerned the attractions of Glengarriff, County Cork.