Tag: County Kerry

  • July 23, 2014
    The Rose of Tralee International Festival, which any woman With even remote Irish connections may enter in the hope of…
  • May 14, 2014
    A popular holiday resort, Valencia Island is reached by a modern bridge that spans the 120 yard wide channel from…
  • April 25, 2014
    The most complete example of early Christian architecture to be found anywhere in Ireland is Gallarus Oratory, on a signposted…
  • March 26, 2014
    Now a thriving market town this was once the formidable power base of the Earls of Desmond. Their Kerry headquarters,…
  • March 20, 2014
    To the North of this little farmland village stand the imposing Gothic ruins of Lislaughtin Friary, built in 1478 by…
  • February 17, 2014
    High above the wave-lashed cliffs of Kerry Head , at the most Westerly point of the headland , stand two…
  • January 29, 2014
    Two miles beyond Dunmore Head , the Westernmost tip of the peninsula , monstrous humps of rock with dizzying cliff…
  • January 3, 2014
    The Dingle Peninsula is a place of intense , shifting beauty. Spectacular mountains , long sandy beaches and the staggering…
  • November 20, 2013
    The town was founded in 1670 on land given to Sir William Petty by the English government. The colonists fought…
  • October 16, 2013
    These massive rocks off the Kerry coast are Little Skellig (a bird sanctuary , and breeding ground for 20,000 gannets)…