Our tour around the Dingle Peninsula started at Inch Beach, where we had better weather in the morning, and went for a walk along the beach. You are allowed to even drive at the beach, but salty sand is nothing we want near our car. Boring but reasonable. We passed the town of Dingle, where […]
Waking up in the morning, we noticed that a cycling event took place around the Ring of Kerry, with about 4,000 cyclists, passing our parking for the night. Luckily, they were driving in the opposite direction, so that we had no problem to drive the last part until we came to Killarney. After we did
We had started our Ring of Kerry tour at Kenmare, where went for an Irish breakfast, to be prepared for exploring the peninsula. We stopped at Sneem for a walk through the village and a look into another wool shop, still no jumper for us. Next we tackled the narrow drive to Staigue Fort, a
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Back from Mizen Head, we stopped at Glengarriff. Edi needed time to work, but Cordy could take a little boat to Garnish Island, with its beautiful garden, and enjoy the good weather. The garden was designed for John Annan Bryce, (1841–1923), who purchased the island from the War Office in 1910. Bryce’s son Roland bequeathed the island to
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Mizen Head, with its dramatic cliff scenery, is traditionally regarded as the most southerly point of mainland Ireland, but it is actually nearby Brow Head, which reaches a little bit further south. One of the main transatlantic shipping routes passes close by, and Mizen Head was, for many seafarers, the first (or last) sight of Europe. The tip of
On the way to Bantry Bay, we came past Ballydehob, where we stopped to admire the old railway bridge. The magnificent 12 arch bridge, which dominates the estuary of Ballydehob, was the major engineering achievement of the narrow gauge Schull and Skibbereen Railway. Coal shortages and the arrival of buses and motor cars eventually brought
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The weather was not great, but at least it wasn’t raining, so we decided to drive to one of the landmarks along the coast, the Baltimore Beacon. A 15 m high, white-painted stone beacon stands high above the channel between the mainland and Sherkin Island, near the entrance to the harbour of Baltimore. Afterwards, we stopped at the village of
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As a medieval stronghold, the current keep of Blarney Castle was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty and dates from 1446. It is famous for the Stone of Eloquence, better known as the Blarney Stone. When you get to the top, you may hang upside-down over a sheer drop to kiss the stone, which is said to give the
