Cape Clear Island

by Stephen O'Connell on June 24, 2010 at 3:32 pm

bluemouth inc. will be returning to Ireland this summer to begin work on a new project on Cape Clear Island in collaboration with the Cork based company Hammergrin Theatre.

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Clear Island or Cape Clear Island (officially known by its Irish name: Cléire, and sometimes also called Oileán Chléire) lies south west of County Cork in Ireland. It is the southernmost inhabited part of Ireland and has a population of over 100 people.

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Officially it is a Gaeltacht (Irish speaking area) but only a minority of the population are now native speakers of the language which has been largely replaced by English.

About an hour ride from Cork City, the island is divided into east and west halves by an isthmus. Ferries sail from the North Harbour to Schull and Baltimore on the mainland.

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