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Updated 18 February 2019 Right out on the Edge of Europe, Where Kerry Photo: Balky79/Shutterstock.com Right out on the edge of Europe, where Ireland’s highest mountains dip down into the wild Atlantic Ocean, is the ancient Kingdom of Kerry. This is the furthest west you can go in Ireland. “Next parish, Manhattan” they say here. And it’s partly this far-flung feel – away from the rest of the world in Ireland’s beautiful South West corner – that makes it so appealing. There’s good food, fine pubs, easy banter and live music to be found right across Kerry in lively towns and tiny settlements. Tiramisu Studio/Shutterstock.com Featured Top 5 The Slea Head Drive Killarney National Park The Slea Head Drive is a scenic Internationally renowned for its route that circumnavigates the scenic beauty and scientific western end o... interest, Kill... Dingle Dolphin Boat Tours Muckross Abbey In 1983, a wild Bottlenose Muckross Abbey is a major Dolphin named Fungie chose to ecclesiastical site situated in make Dingle Harbour... Killarney National... Aqua Dome Torc Waterfall Babetts Bildergalerie/Shutterstock.com The Aqua Dome is one of Where the Owengarriff River Ireland’s largest indoor water cascades through the wooded worlds and offers tro... Friar’s Glen into Mu... Molly Gallivan’s Cottage &... The Kerry Bog Village At Molly Gallivan’s you can View a snapshot of Irish life experience the simple country during the 18th & 19th lifestyle in rural... centuries. See bog pon... Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium Derrynane House Oceanworld Aquarium is where Derrynane House is the you can see the life of the ocean. ancestral home of Daniel With over 1,... O’Connell. Contains memorabi... Stefano_Valeri/Shutterstock.com Updated 18 February 2019 Destination: Kerry Publishing date: 2019-02-18 KILLARNEY DO & SEE Nik Hall/Shutterstock.com Michael Thaler/Shutterstock.com People come to Killarney for the legendary County Kerry is big enough to encompass a beauty of its lakes, waterfalls, mountain peaks variety of landscapes: clis and beaches, and breathtaking views. And they come for the countryside and mountains, forests and lakes, “craic agus ceol,” the good times, the banter, the towns and villages. It is a heaven for outdoor pubs with live music, and the Irish charm. activities and road trips, but there is no lack of museums where to spend a rainy afternoon. If all The town is on the north-east shore of the largest of this still isn't enough, you can always take a of the three Lakes of Killarney: Lough Leane, or trip to one of its unspoiled islands and enjoy the Lake of Learning , where the medieval monks of magical atmosphere. Inisfallen recorded the earliest history of Ireland. Killarney makes it easy to enjoy nature, being as Killarney National Park active or as laid-back as you want. There are Internationally renowned both easy strolls and challenging hikes, trips and for its scenic beauty and tours, bike hires and boat rides. Traditional scientic interest, horse-drawn jaunting cars with their drivers Killarney National Park known as “jarveys” wait in the centre of town to encompasses the three take visitors to the National Park. Lakes of Killarney and the mountains Killarney is a great base for exploring South and woods which surround them. West Ireland’s three wild Atlantic peninsulas, Dingle, Beara and Iveragh, as well as the Photo: Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock.com Address: Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry world-famous Ring of Kerry. Back in town, the Opening hours: 24 hour pedestrian access except for streets are a hive of activity, full of Irish life Killarney House and Gardens (daily: 9am-6pm) through and through. Phone: +353 85 8017973 Tickets: Admission: Free of charge Internet: www.killarneynationalpark.ie Email: [email protected] Destination: Kerry Publishing date: 2019-02-18 Muckross Abbey Photo: chrisdorney/Shutterstock.com Muckross Abbey is a Address: Ballincleave, Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry major ecclesiastical site Opening hours: Daily: 9am-6pm Phone: +353 66 9769184 situated in Killarney Internet: www.kerrybogvillage.ie National Park. It was Email: [email protected] founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary by Derrynane House Donal McCarthy Mor and is in a remarkable Derrynane House is the state of preservation. ancestral home of Daniel O’Connell. Contains Photo: gabriel12/Shutterstock.com memorabilia from the life Address: Carrigafreaghane, Co. Kerry and career of this lawyer, Opening hours: Daily: 7.45am-8pm Phone: +353 85 8017973 politician and statesman. Tickets: Admission: Free of charge. It's situated in Derrynane National Historic Park, Internet: www.killarneynationalpark.ie which has 120 hectares of parklands and 1.5 km Email: [email protected] of coastline. Torc Waterfall Photo: a40757/Shutterstock.com Where the Owengarri Address: Darrynane More, Co. Kerry River cascades through Opening hours: Hours vary according to the season. Check the wooded Friar’s Glen the website for more information. Phone: +353 66 9475113 into Muckross Lake, you Internet: derrynanehouse.ie will nd Torc Waterfall. A Email: [email protected] pretty path winds to the top of this 18m high waterfall revealing views of Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium Torc Mountain. Oceanworld Aquarium is where you can see the life Photo: Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock.com of the ocean. With over Address: Cloghereen Upper, Killarney, Co. Kerry 1,000 species of marine Phone: +353 85 801 7973 Tickets: Admission: Free of charge. life, including penguins, Internet: www.killarneynationalpark.ie sharks, Loggerhead Email: [email protected] turtles, piranhas, along with other native and tropical species, this underwater world is there The Kerry Bog Village for you to explore. View a snapshot of Irish life during the 18th & Photo: blue-sea.cz/Shutterstock.com 19th centuries. See bog Address: The Wood, Farrannakilla, Dingle, Co. Kerry ponies, Irish wolfhounds Phone: +353 66 9152111 Internet: www.dingle-oceanworld.ie and wild mountain goats Email: [email protected] in this award winning Agritourism centre on the ring of Kerry road. Destination: Kerry Publishing date: 2019-02-18 Aqua Dome shop, a garden café, the Crazy Cave Play Centre The Aqua Dome is one of and Kingdom Falconry, a new addition to Crag Ireland’s largest indoor Cave. water worlds and oers tropical temperatures all Photo: silky/Shutterstock.com year round. A visit to the Address: Castleisland, Co. Kerry Opening hours: Daily: 10am-6pm. January-Mid March open Aqua Dome is a great only Friday-Sunday. idea for a day out with all the family. Phone: +353 66 7141244 Internet: www.cragcave.com Photo: fotosparrow/Shutterstock.com Email: [email protected] Address: Dan Spring Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry More Info: Hours may vary according to the season Opening hours: Weekdays: 10am-10pm, Weekends: Summer 10am-9pm, Winter 10am-7pm Ross Castle Phone: +353 66 712 9150 Ross Castle was built in Internet: www.aquadome.ie Email: [email protected] the 15th century and is typical of its time, with Blennerville Windmill square bartizans on Ireland’s largest working diagonally opposite windmill, Blennerville corners and a thick end Windmill was built in the wall containing a tier of chambers and winding 19th century and has stairs. been painstakingly restored. There are Photo: Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock.com Address: Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry guided tours to see the windmill at work - Opening hours: Daily: 9.30am-5.45pm weather permitting. The Visitor Centre contains Phone: +353 64 6635851 a multi-lingual exhibition and audio-visual Internet: www.heritageireland.ie/en/south-west/rosscastle presentation. Email: [email protected] Photo: Lukasz Pajor/Shutterstock.com Gap of Dunloe Address: Windmill Ln, Blennerville, Tralee, Co. Kerry A breathtaking passage in Opening hours: Daily: 9.30am-5.30pm the MacGillicuddy's Phone: +353 66 7121064 Reeks, the Gap of Dunloe Internet: www.blennerville-windmill.ie Email: [email protected] was formed 2 million More Info: Hours may vary according to the season years ago by glacial movements. The area is Crag Cave suitable for exciting activities such as hiking and Crag Cave is a magical climbing, cycling, boat tours, horse riding and wonderland of pony and trap rides. Many guided tour options stalagmites & stalactites, are available. thought to be over one million years old. Here Photo: milamori/Shutterstock.com you'll nd tours, a gift Address: 7 High Street, Killarney, Co. Kerry Destination: Kerry Publishing date: 2019-02-18 Opening hours: Daily: 10am-4pm Celtic and Prehistoric Museum Phone: +353 646630200 This local archaeological Internet: gapofdunloetours.com museum contains over Email: [email protected] 500 artifacts from the Stone, Bronze and Celtic Staigue Fort Iron Ages, as well as Staigue Fort is an Viking, Roman and Saxon imposing circular stone antiquities. Among other things, it contains a fort that is more than dinosaur skeleton and a mammooth skull. 2,500 years old. It has a diameter of 27 metres, a Photo: Iakov Filimonov/Shutterstock.com square-headed doorway Address: Raheen, Carhoo, Dingle, Co. Kerry and two small chambers and stairways that lead Opening hours: Daily: 10am-5pm to the top. Its structure has withstood the Phone: +353 87 770 3280 Email: [email protected] passing of time, although its history has not ans remains shrouded in mistery. Dingle Dolphin Boat Tours Photo: MeganEaster/Shutterstock.com In 1983, a wild Bottlenose Address: Staigue Stone Fort, Staigue, Co. Kerry Dolphin named Fungie Tickets: Admission: Free of charge. chose to make Dingle Harbour its home. Boat Molly Gallivan’s Cottage & Traditional Farm trips leave Dingle Pier all At Molly Gallivan’s you day, every day, in order can experience the simple to see Fungie wild and free in its natural habitat. country lifestyle in rural Ireland before the days of Photo: IrynaGu./Shutterstock.com electricity and modern Address: Unit 2, The Pier, Dingle, Co. Kerry conveniences. This Opening hours: Daily: 9am-5pm Phone: +353 66 915 2626 enchanting cottage is over 200 years old, and Internet: www.dingledolphin.com hosts various animals, such as fowls, as well as Email: [email protected] traditional farm machinery.
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