Beach restaurant has taste of TV show

THINK of the Summer Bay restaurant in the TV soap Home and Away, and give it an Irish twist and you get a picture of what might be at the Maryland Cafe, in West Cork’s turbulent beach Long Strand.

One of the finest stretches of sand and dunes in this so-called beach capital of West Cork, the beach is about a mile long, with views of Galley Head to the east and Glandore and Rosscarbery to the west.

The beach, although dangerous for bathers in portions, is popular with surfers, horse riders and walkers.