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County Kerry is one of the most visited counties in Ireland and some of its attractions including the Lakes of Killarney and the Ring of Kerry are world famous. Killarney National Park contains beautiful mountainous and lakeside scenery and is easily accessible from the busy tourist centre of Killarney Town. A plethora of tour operators run bus trips around the Ring of Kerry, which has some pretty coastal scenery on the Iveragh Peninsula, however, some of Kerry's most beautiful scenery and ancient ruins have remained relatively untouched by tourism. The Dingle Peninsula has some impressive promontory forts, the largest concentration of the tiny ancient beehive huts which were built by Kerry's first farmers and Christian monks around the 8th century and the most perfect of Ireland's distinctive upturned boat shaped oratory churches, the Gallarus Oratory. The peninsula has some of the most spectacular scenery in Ireland including the drive around Slea Head and the mountain drive over the Connor Pass. Regular boats trips leave from the bustling fishing port of Dingle town to see Kerry's resident wild bottlenose dolphin, Fungi, who has become a legend in his own time. Many of Kerry's seaside towns offer activities like scuba diving, fishing trips, hill walking and rock climbing and in good weather boats run out to the Blasket Islands and to Skellig Michael which has a fascinating monastery site. As Ireland's most southerly county, Kerry has a reputation for warmer weather than the north of the island and has some nice beaches, however, it also has indoor attractions including aquariums in Dingle town and Fenit, the Aquadome watercentre in Tralee, stately homes and heritage centres.
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County Kerry is known as The Kingdom |
