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 aritime activities of course are an essential element of
life in Kinsale; cruising,
deep sea angling with blue shark
fishing, yacht charter, river trips, scuba diving, are all
available to visitors.
 The
town boasts fine outdoor activity centres with full hire and
tuition facilities for windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, to all
levels.
Nearby beaches, coves, and inlets allow space and privacy for
bathing, swimming, snorkeling and, on some patrolled beaches,
surfing and body-boarding.
Take your binoculars to the coast to see gannet, cormorant,
terns, gulls, and hosts of sea birds nesting on the sanctuary
cliffs of the Old Head. Or cruise up the Bandon river and
backwaters to see heron colonies, sandpipers, curlew, dunlin, in
an expanse of tranquility and natural environment.
Kinsale boasts 3 fine Golf Courses in varying locations.
Kinsale Golf Club has a 9 hole parkland course and an eighteen
hole meadowland course, while The Old Head Golf links is a
spectacular 18 hole Championship course. Visitors are most
welcome at these courses.
Clay-bird shooting, horse riding, or pony trekking, guided
and self-guided walks, a maze of country roads awaiting
exploration by foot or bicycle, all within easy distance of the
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