Hotel Lansdowne Arms Kenmare

Most people have never heard of the Skellig Islands found about 16 kilometres (10 miles) off the coast of southwest Ireland. But what a find and what an experience!! Skellig Michael, the larger island, was the home of Christian monks in the sixth century. They lived in beehive stone huts built near the top of the 600 steps that cling in places to the cliffs. Next door on Little Skellig Island is the ...

... the touristy thing to do in Killarney don't you know! We trotted past the race track, which was built on landfill and has a 9 hole golf course in the middle!. We stopped at Ross castle, the scene of many a wedding photo as we found - at least 4 weddings stopped by while we were there!

So tonight is the last supper with the tour group. Dinner with everyone then out for drinks - just for something out of the ordinary!

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... and rivers - true postcard stuff. The weather again has been smiling on us and we enjoyed blue skies all day.

Michael our tour guide has continued to be a wealth of knowledge - in addition to the fairy stories, he's also told us legend of the white horses of Ireland and filled us in on the Potato Famine, which went for about 5 years and killed up to half of the Irish population - through disease, starvation or dying on the ...

We spent the day driving from Dublin to Blarney and Killarny. All we wanted to do in Ireland was kiss the Blarney Stone in Blarney, but unfortunately we are not wired to take long walks in the pouring rain so the most we could do was pull upto the gates and creep. We continued on to Killarney which is the cutest little city ever...cobblestone streets, super nice people, beautiful little restaurants and bistros, cars parked on sidewalks. We ...

... a rock far below the bridge on which we were standing. He told us that there is a family of seals that live in those waters.

We toured the Mizen Center which documents lighthouse life as well as the shipwrecks and rescues that have taken place there. After our little self-guided tour, we left to explore the rest of the peninsula.

From the Mizen we went to the Sheep’s Head Peninsula, which is “next door”. It seemed as though the road would never end ...

... our driver and Jesse our horse. She was a local lass hadn't been outside of Ireland and had been doing this job for about 15 years, we talked a bit about Australia and said she should come out and visit us!

I thought the roads to Killarney were rough but these were very tight and thin to start off with.. with the locals speeding around behind you I was forever pulling over to let them go past. Anyone that ...

... tez Boliwie, Meksyk i Vancouwer (w miare mozliwosci finansowych). Jak najwiecej czasu chcemy spedzic z natura (w lasach i gorach), w zwiazku z tym nasze przygotowania obejmowaly tez zajecia w Kerry (Irlandia), w Institute of Permaculture and Nature Awareness. Zapisalismy sie na kurs podstawowy i zaawansowany "rzemiosl lesnych".
Bylo to niesamowite doswiadczenie i pokazalo nam ...

... 8 people, but Eileen had persuaded the lady behind the counter to lend her 4 wheel drive. This vehicle was not in the best of shape, the tail lights were hanging half off and there wasn’t much fuel in the tank. The warning light stayed on for the trip, but lasted till we returned.

The cemetery was very moving – generations of O’Sullivans buried there with several recent graves ...

After two weeks on the west coast, I wasn't quite ready to leave the water, so I compromised and headed to Kenmare, a small town about 30 miles inland on the Kenmare River. I had heard about a forest patch near the town that sounded intriguing. Uragh wood is one of the last remaining stands of the native oak forest that once blanketed Ireland. It's situated on the edge of three lakes, with a waterfall at one end and a stone circle nearby ...

... a small cemetery I would love to explore) to the parking lot overlooking the hotel Town: Kenmare; Accommodation/rating :Sheen Falls Lodge5* My first impression is not what I expect of a 5*. I'm looking down at the hotel that appears to be a three storied yellow sprawling condo complex. Where is the grand entrance? It's decision time again, do we do the inspection here or on to Park Kenmare? We walk down hill ...