Bliss Beckons in Ballinskelligs, Ring of Kerry
Sightseeing
What makes Valentia Island so unique, apart from its outstanding natural beauty on the Skellig Ring, is its history in transatlantic communication. Valentia was the eastern terminal of the first commercially viable transatlantic telegraph cable. The first attempt in 1857 to land a cable from Ballycarbery Strand on the mainland just east of Valentia Island ended in disappointment. Subsequent failures of cables landed at Knightstown in 1858 and Foilhommerum Bay in 1865 finally resulted in commercially viable transatlantic telegraph communications from Foilhommerum Bay in 1866. Transatlantic telegraph cables operated from Valentia Island for one hundred years until Western Union International terminated its cable operations in 1966.
Prior to the transatlantic telegraph, American longitude measurements had a 2800 foot uncertainty with respect to European longitudes. Because of the importance of accurate longitudes to safe navigation, the U.S. Coast Survey mounted a longitude expedition in 1866 to link longitudes in the United States accurately to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Dr. Benjamin A. Gould, Jr. and his partner Mr. A. T. Mosman reached Valentia on 2 October 1866. They built a temporary longitude observatory immediately adjacent to the Foilhommerum Cable Station to facilitate synchronized longitude observations with Heart's Content, Newfoundland. After many rainy and cloudy days, the first transatlantic longitude signals were exchanged between Foilhommerum and Hearts's Content on October 24, 1866.
All of Valentia is magical, get the car ferry from Reenard outside Cahersiveen and land into the main town of Knightstown, drive across the island to the other side and drive over the bridge connecting the island to the colourful picturesque village of Portmagee back on the main land.
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Valentia Island
What makes Valentia Island so unique, apart from its outstanding natural beauty on the Skellig Ring, is its history in transatlantic communication. Valentia was the eastern terminal of the first commercially viable transatlantic telegraph cable. The first attempt in 1857 to land a cable from Ballycarbery Strand on the mainland just east of Valentia Island ended in disappointment. Subsequent failures of cables landed at Knightstown in 1858 and Foilhommerum Bay in 1865 finally resulted in commercially viable transatlantic telegraph communications from Foilhommerum Bay in 1866. Transatlantic telegraph cables operated from Valentia Island for one hundred years until Western Union International terminated its cable operations in 1966.
Prior to the transatlantic telegraph, American longitude measurements had a 2800 foot uncertainty with respect to European longitudes. Because of the importance of accurate longitudes to safe navigation, the U.S. Coast Survey mounted a longitude expedition in 1866 to link longitudes in the United States accurately to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Dr. Benjamin A. Gould, Jr. and his partner Mr. A. T. Mosman reached Valentia on 2 October 1866. They built a temporary longitude observatory immediately adjacent to the Foilhommerum Cable Station to facilitate synchronized longitude observations with Heart's Content, Newfoundland. After many rainy and cloudy days, the first transatlantic longitude signals were exchanged between Foilhommerum and Hearts's Content on October 24, 1866.
All of Valentia is magical, get the car ferry from Reenard outside Cahersiveen and land into the main town of Knightstown, drive across the island to the other side and drive over the bridge connecting the island to the colourful picturesque village of Portmagee back on the main land.
Covid Update - boats not landing on Skelligs. Check directly with operators.
Worth booking a boat trip from Portmagee or Ballinskelligs Pier to view this world heritage site and location of Star Wars films. If you book a drop off trip, worth noting that the steps are steep and there are no facilities - not a suitable trip for children or anyone with mobility issues. You can instead do a boat trip out and around, which do not land but you get to see the islands up close.
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Great Skellig
Covid Update - boats not landing on Skelligs. Check directly with operators.
Worth booking a boat trip from Portmagee or Ballinskelligs Pier to view this world heritage site and location of Star Wars films. If you book a drop off trip, worth noting that the steps are steep and there are no facilities - not a suitable trip for children or anyone with mobility issues. You can instead do a boat trip out and around, which do not land but you get to see the islands up close.
Spectacular scenery from multiple vantage points with many information panels to educate the family on the history of the area, the flora and fauna, and the key figures born locally. Well worth the price (6 euro for a car in summer of 2020) and the walk on a clear day for the fabulous views out to the Atlantic and in to the Caherciveen coastline.
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Geokaun Mountain and Cliffs
Spectacular scenery from multiple vantage points with many information panels to educate the family on the history of the area, the flora and fauna, and the key figures born locally. Well worth the price (6 euro for a car in summer of 2020) and the walk on a clear day for the fabulous views out to the Atlantic and in to the Caherciveen coastline.
Well worth dropping into this hotel and its lovely cosy Fishermen's Bar to see the place Charlie Chaplin stayed when holidaying in Waterville with his Irish wife Oonagh and their children. Many famous golfers have stayed here too - you might bump into one as Waterville is a renowned golf destination with both a links and golf course either end of the town.
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Butler Arms Hotel
Well worth dropping into this hotel and its lovely cosy Fishermen's Bar to see the place Charlie Chaplin stayed when holidaying in Waterville with his Irish wife Oonagh and their children. Many famous golfers have stayed here too - you might bump into one as Waterville is a renowned golf destination with both a links and golf course either end of the town.
A nice long walk from the house, well worth going to view this very unique artists village perched on the very south west of Ireland, the very edge of Europe, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Kildreelig
A nice long walk from the house, well worth going to view this very unique artists village perched on the very south west of Ireland, the very edge of Europe, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Absolutely amazing discovery of pre-historic tetrapod trackway on Valentia Island. Food for vivid imaginations and worth seeing by all dinosaur lovers and anthropologists.
In 1993, an undergraduate geology student discovered fossilised tetrapod trackways, footprints in mud preserved in Devonian rocks on the north coast of the island. About 385 million years ago, a primitive vertebrate passed along a muddy shoreline in the equatorial swampland that is now southwestern Ireland and left prints as if in wet concrete. The prints were preserved by silt overlying them, and were converted to rock over the ages. The Valentia Island trackways are among the oldest signs of vertebrate life on land and have been studied extensively by the paleontologist Dr Stössel.
https://www.fossilguy.com/topics/tetrapod-trackway/index.htm
The Valentia Island Tetrapod footprints
Absolutely amazing discovery of pre-historic tetrapod trackway on Valentia Island. Food for vivid imaginations and worth seeing by all dinosaur lovers and anthropologists.
In 1993, an undergraduate geology student discovered fossilised tetrapod trackways, footprints in mud preserved in Devonian rocks on the north coast of the island. About 385 million years ago, a primitive vertebrate passed along a muddy shoreline in the equatorial swampland that is now southwestern Ireland and left prints as if in wet concrete. The prints were preserved by silt overlying them, and were converted to rock over the ages. The Valentia Island trackways are among the oldest signs of vertebrate life on land and have been studied extensively by the paleontologist Dr Stössel.
https://www.fossilguy.com/topics/tetrapod-trackway/index.htm
Calling all gardeners - worth a visit to see this beautiful house and gardens and the poignant pet graveyard all set in a stunning location.
Glanleam House & Gardens
Calling all gardeners - worth a visit to see this beautiful house and gardens and the poignant pet graveyard all set in a stunning location.
Tour and explore this lovely place that was once the Cromwell Fleet Fort.
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Valentia Lighthouse at Cromwell Point
Cromwell PointTour and explore this lovely place that was once the Cromwell Fleet Fort.
The Stone forts of Cahergal & Leacanabuaile are located in an area know as "over the water" by the locals in Cahirciveen. Find the Old Barracks in Cahirciveen, located down by the waters edge, with the barracks on your right hand side continue over the bridge immediately ahead, at the next crossroads take a left and follow the signposts for the forts, they are located approximately two miles on the left (head in the direction of Ballycarbery castle). Also well worth visiting in this area is Ballycarbery Castle.
Cahergal Stone Fort
A few hundred meters on from Ballycarbery Castle is the stone fort of Cahergal, built around 600AD. It is well worth a visit. The current structure has undergone some reconstruction and while the purist may say it is too “clean and pure” it is an impressive site. With walls approx 6 m high and some 3 m thick this dry stone wall fort is one of the best examples of an early medieval stone forts to be found on the ring of Kerry.
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
The stone fort of Leacanabuaile Stone Fort on the hillside. It is a fine, partly-reconstructed stone fort on a massive rock foundation, it's stone walls enclosing an almost circular area 70 feet in diameter. Protected on three sides by steep grassy slopes, the entrance is on the eastern side. The walls, mostly 10 feet thick and with irregular steps leading up on the inside, contain the remnants of a square dwelling house built on top of earlier circular ones; another clochan on the western side has a cavity leading to a long souterrain. Excavation produced Iron and Bronze Age objects, suggesting the existence of an early Christian farming community.
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Cahergall Fort
The Stone forts of Cahergal & Leacanabuaile are located in an area know as "over the water" by the locals in Cahirciveen. Find the Old Barracks in Cahirciveen, located down by the waters edge, with the barracks on your right hand side continue over the bridge immediately ahead, at the next crossroads take a left and follow the signposts for the forts, they are located approximately two miles on the left (head in the direction of Ballycarbery castle). Also well worth visiting in this area is Ballycarbery Castle.
Cahergal Stone Fort
A few hundred meters on from Ballycarbery Castle is the stone fort of Cahergal, built around 600AD. It is well worth a visit. The current structure has undergone some reconstruction and while the purist may say it is too “clean and pure” it is an impressive site. With walls approx 6 m high and some 3 m thick this dry stone wall fort is one of the best examples of an early medieval stone forts to be found on the ring of Kerry.
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
The stone fort of Leacanabuaile Stone Fort on the hillside. It is a fine, partly-reconstructed stone fort on a massive rock foundation, it's stone walls enclosing an almost circular area 70 feet in diameter. Protected on three sides by steep grassy slopes, the entrance is on the eastern side. The walls, mostly 10 feet thick and with irregular steps leading up on the inside, contain the remnants of a square dwelling house built on top of earlier circular ones; another clochan on the western side has a cavity leading to a long souterrain. Excavation produced Iron and Bronze Age objects, suggesting the existence of an early Christian farming community.
For those who love hill walking, on a fine day, pack a lunch and put on your boots for this historic and prayerful walking challenge - 14 stations of the cross rising up the side of a mountain a couple of miles outside Cahersiveen. The views alone are worth it. The sheep are friendly. On the way there look out carefully for the well hidden and nearby holy well with reputed healing powers.
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Cnoc na dTobar Pilgrim Path
For those who love hill walking, on a fine day, pack a lunch and put on your boots for this historic and prayerful walking challenge - 14 stations of the cross rising up the side of a mountain a couple of miles outside Cahersiveen. The views alone are worth it. The sheep are friendly. On the way there look out carefully for the well hidden and nearby holy well with reputed healing powers.
Kells Bay House & Gardens
Food scene
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory brought to life in this amazingly located, gorgeous little chocolate factory. You can see the chocolates being made, and order a hot chocolate and leave with bags of amazing chocolates.
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Skelligs Chocolate and Cafe
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory brought to life in this amazingly located, gorgeous little chocolate factory. You can see the chocolates being made, and order a hot chocolate and leave with bags of amazing chocolates.
Top notch, multiple award winning restaurant and bar - beautifully stylish and amazing food - a real treat and well worth booking. One of Ireland's finest seafood restaurants.
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Quinlan & Cooke Boutique Hotel & QC’s Seafood Restaurant
3 Main StTop notch, multiple award winning restaurant and bar - beautifully stylish and amazing food - a real treat and well worth booking. One of Ireland's finest seafood restaurants.
An amazing family restaurant in a unique location, that has stood the test of time and maintained a stellar reputation. The same menu every year, all fish dishes and so worth the wait.
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O'Neills The Point Seafood Bar
An amazing family restaurant in a unique location, that has stood the test of time and maintained a stellar reputation. The same menu every year, all fish dishes and so worth the wait.
Authentic French bakery and cafe - do not miss a warm croissant and a cafe au lait from this sweet place.
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Petit Delice
Main StreetAuthentic French bakery and cafe - do not miss a warm croissant and a cafe au lait from this sweet place.
Sunday market here is re-opening post lock-down on Sunday 5th July. Call down early for Sunday brunch treats
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Cafe Cois Trá
Sunday market here is re-opening post lock-down on Sunday 5th July. Call down early for Sunday brunch treats
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The quality of food at Camo's is just superb - great ingredients and you can buy their own homemade condiments and sauces in this lovely cosy cafe. Service is always friendly and efficient. Great coffee and simple wine list.
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Cahersiveen Restaurants | Camo's
24 Church StreetThe quality of food at Camo's is just superb - great ingredients and you can buy their own homemade condiments and sauces in this lovely cosy cafe. Service is always friendly and efficient. Great coffee and simple wine list.
Unique setting in a church, this place serves really great pizza's for take-away or stay.
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The Oratory Pizza and Wine Bar
West Main StreetUnique setting in a church, this place serves really great pizza's for take-away or stay.
Charlie's Restaurant at Butler Arms Hotel, Waterville - recommended by our guests.
"Serving breakfast and dinner daily, Charlie's restaurant serves exquisite food from a varied menu, specialising in local seafood and complemented by an excellent wine list.
One of the most memorable items on the menu is our locally produced Seafood Symphony dish which changes regularly depending on what local seafood is available. Fresh Oysters, Lobster and Mussels are a must for the discerning diner as well as our local meat dishes which include Roast Rack of Kerry Lamb and Silver Spring ½ Duckling.
Why not begin your meal with our Homemade Chicken Liver Pate and finish off with our famous "Sticky Toffee Pudding." Frequented by guests and locals alike.
Charlie's restaurant at the Butler Arms also caters for what is a family tradition in Ireland - Sunday Lunch – as well as special family occasions such as anniversaries, birthday celebrations, christenings, etc. We also cater for private functions such as weddings and private parties. The Management and Staff at Charlie's restaurant strive to deliver a truly memorable dining experience for all our clientele.
To Reserve a Table – please call +353-66-9474144"
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Butler Arms Hotel
Charlie's Restaurant at Butler Arms Hotel, Waterville - recommended by our guests.
"Serving breakfast and dinner daily, Charlie's restaurant serves exquisite food from a varied menu, specialising in local seafood and complemented by an excellent wine list.
One of the most memorable items on the menu is our locally produced Seafood Symphony dish which changes regularly depending on what local seafood is available. Fresh Oysters, Lobster and Mussels are a must for the discerning diner as well as our local meat dishes which include Roast Rack of Kerry Lamb and Silver Spring ½ Duckling.
Why not begin your meal with our Homemade Chicken Liver Pate and finish off with our famous "Sticky Toffee Pudding." Frequented by guests and locals alike.
Charlie's restaurant at the Butler Arms also caters for what is a family tradition in Ireland - Sunday Lunch – as well as special family occasions such as anniversaries, birthday celebrations, christenings, etc. We also cater for private functions such as weddings and private parties. The Management and Staff at Charlie's restaurant strive to deliver a truly memorable dining experience for all our clientele.
To Reserve a Table – please call +353-66-9474144"
Our local, Cable O'Leary's has an amazing setting and incredible views from its beer garden. 2021: drinks only, not serving food.
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Cable O'Leary's Pub and Restaurant
7 Cois Trá UpperOur local, Cable O'Leary's has an amazing setting and incredible views from its beer garden. 2021: drinks only, not serving food.
Very well stocked, friendly off licence specializing in wine and whisky & sometimes they do whisky tastings! Beside AIB bank on the main street of Cahersiveen.
O'Driscoll Off Licence
30 Church StVery well stocked, friendly off licence specializing in wine and whisky & sometimes they do whisky tastings! Beside AIB bank on the main street of Cahersiveen.
Quinlan & Cooke Boutique Hotel & QC’s Seafood Restaurant
3 Main StKells Bay House & Gardens
Pubs and Trad Music
The Bridge Bar is a great pub with traditional music, pints and food.
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The Moorings Guesthouse & Seafood Restaurant @ The Bridge Bar
Main StreetThe Bridge Bar is a great pub with traditional music, pints and food.
Not open 2021 update.
A 2km walk from the house, Tig Rosie is a welcoming traditional Irish pub, offering trad music and great pints.
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Sigerson's Bar - Tig Rosie
Not open 2021 update.
A 2km walk from the house, Tig Rosie is a welcoming traditional Irish pub, offering trad music and great pints.
Traditional, warm and very friendly Irish pub in the town of Cahersiveen. Irish trad musicians play here regularly.
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Mike Murts
New Market StreetTraditional, warm and very friendly Irish pub in the town of Cahersiveen. Irish trad musicians play here regularly.
Established traditional Irish pub in Waterville.
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The Lobster Bar & Restaurant
Established traditional Irish pub in Waterville.
COVID 19 UPDATE: our local bar. Its big selling point is the terrace and huge garden with stunning views and loads of room for families and children to play safely. Not serving food 2021.
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Cable O'Leary's Pub and Restaurant
7 Cois Trá UpperCOVID 19 UPDATE: our local bar. Its big selling point is the terrace and huge garden with stunning views and loads of room for families and children to play safely. Not serving food 2021.
Water sports and Beaches
A fabulous open beach at the mouth of the Inny River and Ballinskelligs bay - great place for a brisk walk and some body boarding. Stunning scenery.
Reenroe Beach/ Inny
A fabulous open beach at the mouth of the Inny River and Ballinskelligs bay - great place for a brisk walk and some body boarding. Stunning scenery.
Possibly the most stunning beach in Kerry - it's almost hidden and has so many aspects to it: two beaches, soft sand, beach pools, a pier, huge dunes, a hidden graveyard - you'll spend hours exploring here.
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Derrynane Beach
Possibly the most stunning beach in Kerry - it's almost hidden and has so many aspects to it: two beaches, soft sand, beach pools, a pier, huge dunes, a hidden graveyard - you'll spend hours exploring here.
What can we say? This beautiful blue flag beach is what Bliss Beckons is all about 😍.
Look out for Skellig Watersports on the beach at the stone wall in summer for kayak and paddleboard rentals.
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Ballinskelligs Beach
What can we say? This beautiful blue flag beach is what Bliss Beckons is all about 😍.
Look out for Skellig Watersports on the beach at the stone wall in summer for kayak and paddleboard rentals.
Culture
Artists staying in the spectacular and unique artist's village and retreat up in Kildreelig donate art to this wonderful community run artist gallery.
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Cill Rialaig Arts Centre
Artists staying in the spectacular and unique artist's village and retreat up in Kildreelig donate art to this wonderful community run artist gallery.
Derrynane National Historic Park and Gardens is open to the public - please check out their FaceBook page for opening times and Covid 19 protocols. Apart from its most stunningly beautiful location beside Derrynane beach, the house and museum is a must for anyone interested in Irish History.
It also has a magical Irish Fairy Trail to follow through the woodlands.
Derrynane, the Oakwood of St Fionán, stands at the very tip of the Iveragh Peninsula in Co. Kerry. Sheltered within the woodland stands Derrynane House, the ancestral home of Daniel O’Connell, lawyer, politician and statesman, and one of the great figures in modern Irish history.
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Derrynane
Derrynane National Historic Park and Gardens is open to the public - please check out their FaceBook page for opening times and Covid 19 protocols. Apart from its most stunningly beautiful location beside Derrynane beach, the house and museum is a must for anyone interested in Irish History.
It also has a magical Irish Fairy Trail to follow through the woodlands.
Derrynane, the Oakwood of St Fionán, stands at the very tip of the Iveragh Peninsula in Co. Kerry. Sheltered within the woodland stands Derrynane House, the ancestral home of Daniel O’Connell, lawyer, politician and statesman, and one of the great figures in modern Irish history.
COVID 19 UPDATE - DEFERRED TO 2021
The annual CCC Film Festival at the end of August is well worth a trip into Waterville for. Get a hold of a programme early as the most popular events book up quickly.
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival
Seaview TerraceCOVID 19 UPDATE - DEFERRED TO 2021
The annual CCC Film Festival at the end of August is well worth a trip into Waterville for. Get a hold of a programme early as the most popular events book up quickly.
Rainy day
If it's a rainy day, consider a trip to Tralee town - about 90 minutes drive away, it is worth it - lots to do and see here indoors. Tralee is Ireland’s 7th largest town and is the capital of County Kerry: it has excellent shopping both in the Town Centre and in the Manor West Retail Park, historic buildings, sporting facilities and splendid open spaces including the centrally located Tralee Town Park with its award winning Rose Garden and Garden of the Senses. Tralee boasts a range of all-weather visitor attractions unmatched in any Irish regional town including the Aqua Dome Waterworld, Siamsa Tíre – the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Kerry County Museum - Ireland’s most visited regional museum, and the historic Blennerville Windmill and Steam Railway and the Tralee Ship Canal. It has an 8-Screen Omniplex Cinema.
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Tralee
If it's a rainy day, consider a trip to Tralee town - about 90 minutes drive away, it is worth it - lots to do and see here indoors. Tralee is Ireland’s 7th largest town and is the capital of County Kerry: it has excellent shopping both in the Town Centre and in the Manor West Retail Park, historic buildings, sporting facilities and splendid open spaces including the centrally located Tralee Town Park with its award winning Rose Garden and Garden of the Senses. Tralee boasts a range of all-weather visitor attractions unmatched in any Irish regional town including the Aqua Dome Waterworld, Siamsa Tíre – the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Kerry County Museum - Ireland’s most visited regional museum, and the historic Blennerville Windmill and Steam Railway and the Tralee Ship Canal. It has an 8-Screen Omniplex Cinema.
Rainy day trip especially if your children are too small for a boat trip. This unique and welcoming small visitor centre recreates the Skelligs experience and has a nice cafe too.
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The Skellig Experience Visitor Centre
Rainy day trip especially if your children are too small for a boat trip. This unique and welcoming small visitor centre recreates the Skelligs experience and has a nice cafe too.
Shopping
Great shops, cafe's and also some great hill walking routes in this area.
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Cahersiveen
Great shops, cafe's and also some great hill walking routes in this area.
Killarney has so many unique shops, cafes and pubs this lovely town is well worth a shopping visit. Less than a 2 hour drive, this famous tourist town is bustling with life and well worth a visit. With 26,000 acres of "free to roam" Killarney National Park surrounded by Kerry's wonderful landscapes and wilderness; more top class golf courses than you can shake a putter at; miles of nearby golden "blue flag" beaches; and a choice of dining and entertainment options second to none, there are few places elsewhere on this earth that can offer the visitor such a wonderful choice within such an intimate and hospitable location.
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Killarney
Killarney has so many unique shops, cafes and pubs this lovely town is well worth a shopping visit. Less than a 2 hour drive, this famous tourist town is bustling with life and well worth a visit. With 26,000 acres of "free to roam" Killarney National Park surrounded by Kerry's wonderful landscapes and wilderness; more top class golf courses than you can shake a putter at; miles of nearby golden "blue flag" beaches; and a choice of dining and entertainment options second to none, there are few places elsewhere on this earth that can offer the visitor such a wonderful choice within such an intimate and hospitable location.
Our local little shop "Your Stop" with petrol pumps, this small store will surprise with the range of lovely basics it stocks including fresh bread, wine, newspapers and fuel. The Waste Collection Centre is here too and you can buy your refuse bags here.
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Our local little shop "Your Stop" with petrol pumps, this small store will surprise with the range of lovely basics it stocks including fresh bread, wine, newspapers and fuel. The Waste Collection Centre is here too and you can buy your refuse bags here.
This is the place for your BIG SHOP shop - stocking lots of local producers and a great range of everything you can think of it includes an ice-cream bar and a fresh coffee station.
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SuperValu Caherciveen - Walsh's
Valentia RoadThis is the place for your BIG SHOP shop - stocking lots of local producers and a great range of everything you can think of it includes an ice-cream bar and a fresh coffee station.