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Tower

Tower

A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor.

Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures.

How locals move

Getting around Tower the local way

  • Get inThere are no through-buses to Ireland from Great Britain or the continent: change in London for the ferry ports.
  • Get inBuses run from Rosslare ferry harbour via Wexford, Waterford, Dungarvan and Youghal to Cork, and continue to Kerry.
  • Get inSummer ferries from Roscoff and Santander sail to Cork, landing at Ringaskiddy 7 km south of the city.
  • Get aroundBut they also have long day trips out to far-flung spots like Mizen Head and Ring of Kerry, impractical to reach without your own car.

From Wikivoyage: County Cork, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.