MAPS NOTE

Map references in text throughout Where Killarney are indicated by a number followed by a letter ­ in brackets:
B Beara Peninsula
D Dingle Peninsula
L Killarney Lake District
M Muckross to Torc Area
N Tralee & North Kerry
R Ross to Knockreer Area
RK Ring of Kerry
T Killarney Town

KERRY AT A GLANCE

***do not miss **try to see *worth a visit

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Aghadoe 3L
Coomaciste 14RK
Conor Pass 18D
Derrynane House‚ Gardens & Environs 15RK
Gap of Dunloe 6L
Healy Pass 11B
Ladies View 20L
Muckross House‚ Farm & Gardens 14M-17M 12L
Ross Castle & Island 10R 9L
Skellig Rock 11RK
Slate Quarry, Valentia Island
Torc Waterfall Area M-11M, 25M 26M 17L

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Dingle Oceanworld
Gallarus Oratory 15D
Garnish Island 12B
Gougane Barra 14B
Innisfallen Island 11R, 26L
Kerry the Kingdom 2N
Muckross Traditional Farms 18M, 12L
O´Sullivan´s Cascade 27L
Queen´s Drive 15L
Siamsa Tíre 2N
St Mary´s Cathedral 14T, 1R
Knockreer Gardens 16T, 3R, 2L
Staigue Fort 16RK
Sneem 17RK

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Ardfert Cathedral 4N
Blennerville Windmill 1N
Crag Cave 18N
Derreen Gardens 4B
Dunloe Ogham Stones 4L
Glanleam Gardens 7R
Millstreet Country Park 3M
Muckross Abbey 10L

 

KILLARNEY ANTIQUITY & HISTORY
Innisfallen Island (11R &26L)
Aghadoe (3L)
Muckross Abbey (3M & 10L)
Dunloe Ogham Stones (4L)
Ross Castle (10R & 9L)
Muckross House (17M & 12L)
St Mary´s Cathedral (14T & 1R)

KILLARNEY NATURE
Oakwoods (27L & 19L)
most extensive areas of natural oak woodland in Ireland.
Yew Woods (6M & 13L)
over 50 hectares ... the most extensive in Europe­great carpets of moss.
Muckross Gardens & Arboretum (14M to 16M & 12L)
Knockreer Gardens (16T, 3R & 2L)
Nature Trails
* Old Boathouse (13M)
* Blue Pool ( 21M & 11L)
* Arthur Young (6M 12L, 13L)
Governors Rock (14R) See under Ross Castle

SPECTACULAR TOURS
... for a day ... or a week
The three Kerry/Cork Peninsulas have spectacular scenery .. rugged mountains ... unparalled seascapes (high cliffs, rocky shores, intimate coves and miles of sandy beach) ... extensive evidence of 9,000 years of human habitation ... each of these routes needs to be given time ... at least a very full day ... there is more than enough on each route to spend a week .. or several weeks ... or indeed a lifetime.
RING OF KERRY
 ... seascape, mountain, lake ... the most extensive of the peninsular fingers ... 166 kms direct.
DINGLE PENINSULA
 ... mountainous interior, west and south sea cliffs and coves ... north sandiest coastline in Ireland ... overall 211 kms (peninsula 152 kms, to & from Killarney 59 kms).
BEARA PENINSULA
 ... great rugged rock and seascapes ... nowhere else in Ireland is there such an extensively panoramic route by the sea ... sub-tropical in Glengarriff & Kenmare ... roads generally very narrow ... overall 229 kms (peninsula 151 kms ... return to Killarney 78 kms).
And there are a variety of ways to ´do´ them
* by coach or by car
* on foot ... see Kerry, Dingle & Beara Ways,

Duhallow/Blackwater Valley

(mainly on paths and tracks ... low level)
* on horse back (tours)
* on bicycle ... self guided or Cycle Ireland