Béal an Dá Chab

Ballydehob, in Carbery West barony, derives its name from the convergence of two rivers forming a delta at the coast. Bronze Age settlement centred on copper mining at nearby Mount Gabriel (2200-600 BCE), where stone circles, wedge tombs and boulder tombs were also constructed. The McCarthy and O'Mahony clans dominated the area, establishing coastal strongholds including Kilcoe Castle, which th...