Rosscarbery is one of the few villages set around a square filled with traditional pubs, restaurants and cafes. The first glimpse one gets of Rosscarbery is impressive; the causeway, the calm inlet with the Parish Church at its apex and the Convent of Mercy dominating the hillside, and to the left of these the spire of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) Cathedral rising above the town which nestles in its little valley.