New book tells the remarkable story of Cape Clear Island in West Cork

A new book by historian Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil explores the life and times of the West Cork island of Cape Clear

Cape Clear, viewed from Sherkin Island.

What is the magic, the allure of islands, of those small, seabound places?

Cape Clear, off West Cork’s coast, has that something, that hard-to-define attraction that has inspired writers and artists, and drawn people from afar to settle there.