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Kenmare has a rich and interesting history if you are on tours of Ireland. Kenmare was founded by Sir William Petty , Cromwell’s surveyor general , to serve his mining works beside the River Finnihy. Petty was extremely active in (and benefited greatly from) the dealings in confiscated properties that went on after the Cromwellian wars. Many [...]
If on Ireland tours , and in County Kerry , you will see Carrantuohill. It is Ireland’s highest mountain at 3,414 ft or 1,039 metres. Situated in MacGillycuddys Reeks (what a great name) , it is made up mostly of coarse-grained sandstone. The name Carrantuohill derives from the Gaelic “Carran Tuathaill” , meaning the reversed sickle , because [...]
Worth seeing on any Ireland tours. It is a peninsula in County Kerry, jutting into the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest coast of Ireland. The town of Dingle stands near the end of the peninsula. Some of the most beautiful Munster Irish is spoken in the Gaeltacht areas on the peninsula. The Blasket Islands at its western tip produced [...]
The highest mountain range in Ireland is known as MacGillycuddy’s Reeks. What a great name !!!! They are to be found in County Kerry in the south west of Ireland. A real hidden gem on Ireland tours. The tallest amongst this range is Carrantuohill , which rises to over 3,400 feet. Though it seems even higher as [...]
Bantry Bay is a delight to visit on Ireland tours. The slopes of Bantry Bay provide sites for a number of expensive houses built by well-heeled recent immigrants from Germany , the Netherlands , and other parts of Europe. There is also Bantry House which is a Georgian Mansion filled with treasures from Lord Bantrys tours abroad [...]
Island in the Atlantic, seven miles off the Kerry coast. Skellig Michael was a monastery and place of pilgrimage first mentioned in 823. Difficult to land on, it has six beehive huts with square interiors, two oratories (all built in the corbel technique), a cemetery, a hermitage, and a lighthouse. A really different attraction on Ireland tours………