POD CAST

HOLIDAY-MAKERS got a remarkable opportunity to swim with wild dolphins yesterday when a large pod came within yards of a West Cork beach.

Dozens of people swam with about 20 or so of what are believed to be bottlenose dolphins in the shallow waters just off Cockleshell Beach, opposite Barleycove Caravan Park near Crookhaven.

Diarmuid Kenneally, who has owned the caravan park since 1970, said it was one of the most remarkable sights he has ever seen. “We’d often see a dolphin or two off shore, but never anything like this.”