Living the Sheep's Head Way

  • The Sheep’s Head Way
  • Loop Walks
  • Accommodation
    • B&Bs
    • Hotels
    • Farmhouse Accommodation
    • Campsites

MENUMENU
  • Home
  • Things to Do
    • Walking
      • Sheep's Head Way Main Route
      • Loop Walks
        • Difficulty
          • Easy
          • Moderate
          • Hard
        • Time
          • Under 3 hours
          • 3-5 hours
          • 5 hours or more
        • Trailheads
          • Ahakista
          • Bantry West
          • Black Gate
          • Dún Óir
          • Durrus
          • Goat's Path
          • Kilcrohane
          • Tooreen
          • Whiddy Island
      • Walking Guides
    • Courses & Training
    • Crafts
    • Culture
    • Gardens
    • History
    • Cycling
    • Pony Trekking
    • Sailing & Kayaking
  • What's On
    • Events
    • Scheduled Courses
    • Festivals
  • Food
    • Cafés
    • Restaurants
    • Food Producers
    • Food Tours
    • Coeliac-Friendly
  • Where to Stay
    • B&B
    • Hotels
    • Self-Catering Holiday Homes
    • Farmhouse Accommodation
    • Campsites
    • Luxury Accommodation
    • Accessible Accommodation
  • News
  • How to Get Here
  • Location
    • Map
    • Ahakista
    • Bantry
    • Ballylickey
    • Drimoleague
    • Durrus
    • Kilcrohane
    • Whiddy Island
  • Services
    • Shops
    • Taxi Services
  • Contact Us

Air India Disaster Memorial

January 4, 2014 by Dunmanus

Air India Memorial Ireland

At Ahakista, the Air India Disaster Memorial is the site of a memorial garden established in memory of the victims of the 1985 Air India disaster.

Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On the 23rd June, 1985 the airplane operating on the route, a Boeing 747-237B, was blown up by a bomb at an altitude of 9,400m and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace.

A total of 329 people were killed, including 280 Canadians, 27 British citizens and 22 Indians. The incident was the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history.

The memorial garden and sundial erected here in Ahakista mark the special relationships that have developed between the families and the local community in the intervening years. The sundial was sculpted by Cork sculptor Ken Thompson and was donated by the people of Canada, India and Ireland.

The memorial garden is the site of an annual commemorative event, when families from Canada, India and the UK gather with people from the Sheep’s Head peninsula and Bantry to remember those lost in the tragedy.

Filed Under: History, Things to do

Wild Atlantic Way

What’s On

August 2025
Masters of Tradition 2024
Aug 20 - 24 2025

Masters of Tradition: A Traditional Music Festival

Bantry
No event found!

Visit Historic Places

Bantry House B&B

The Sheep’s Head is a peninsula rich in history and you’ll find traces of its past all along the Sheep’s Head Way walking route.

Find out more

Pure cork

Featured Activity

Culture Kitchen Food Tours

Manning’s Emporium Food Tours

Manning’s Emporium Food Tours brings you to the very heart of West Cork’s foodie culture with its absorbing day tours If you love the local food you’re tasting along the Wild Atlantic Way, take a Manning’s Emporium foodie tour and you’ll discover how the spirit of West Cork infuses the flavours on your plate. Each […]

More Activities

Featured Accommodation

Pondlodge Cottages

Pondlodge Cottages

Enjoy a self-catering holiday at the Pondlodge Cottages in the beautiful grounds of Bantry’s Westlodge Hotel These nine self-catering holiday cottages are set in beautifully landscaped gardens in the scenic surroundings of Bantry, County Cork. The hotel, which is just a short stroll away, boasts dining options, a health and leisure centre, therapeutic treatments and […]

More Accommodation

This project has been supported by Cork County Council & the LEADER programme under the Rural Development Programmes 2007-13 and 2017-2021.
  • The Sheep’s Head Way
  • Loop Walks
  • Accommodation
Sheep's Head & Bantry Tourism Cooperative, copyright 2018 | Website by Wordhoard Communications