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The Dursey Island cable car has been in operation since 1969 and for the past 43 years has been used to transport people, goods and animals.
There was no prior consultation with the Islanders and in August 2011 two representatives from the Council came to Dursey Island and announced that the weight limits would be imposed and that cattle could no longer be transported but the cable car would still carry smaller animals. In recent times this status has changed to a NO ANIMALS policy.
IFA representative Richard Connell and Dursey island farmer Martin Sheehan at Dursey Island Cable Car where Cork County Council has banned all animals including sheepdogs from using the cable car. Pic: Niall Duffy
A BAN on the carriage of all animals except guide dogs on the Dursey Island cable car to be introduced by Cork County Council will effectively put an end to farming on the island say local farmers.
The cable car, the only one in Ireland, has been used for years to take cattle and sheep across the treacherous waters of the 374m Dursey Sound that separates the island from the tip of the Beara Peninsula.
The carriage of animals in the cable car has become one of the iconic images of West Cork but now, due to health and safety regulations, no cows, calves or sheep will be allowed to use the cable car.
Pic: bearatourism.com
IT is one of West Cork’s unique tourist attractions but it is also a vital tool for transporting local livestock.
Ireland’s only cable car connecting Dursey Island to the Beara Peninsula across the treacherous Dursey Sound has been in operation for more than 40 years and during all of that time it has carried cattle across to the remote island which has 11 permanent residents.
New weight restrictions being imposed by Cork County Council could now send the island “the way of the Blaskets” according to locals.
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