Gap of Dunloe

... we met some people that were staying at our hostel and we decided to all meet up the next morning and ride the Gap of Dunloe. The Gap of Dunloe is an area (gap) that runs through some of the largest mountains in Ireland. The bike ride was amazing; we ...

Biking through the Gap of Dunloe turned into more of an adventure than I had anticipated.  I found the amount of research on the web about how to do this lacking - so I super un-researched and extremely unprepared for the adventure we were about to ...

... to car after taking in a beautiful cascade, set in a moss covered ravine, where Niall decided he would drive us back through the Dunloe Gap - a very roundabout, but beautiful route. The first part of the drive took us on a narrow winding road through a ...

I have to split this day into separate entries because the pictures are too great to choose from. After a delicious breakfast in the lovely dining area we took a van to Kate Killarney's cottage and hired a jarvey cart.  Two girls on horseback were ...

... did I and they pulled a very fine pint. Off to Beaufort (the starting point) we went which was first on the map into Gap of Dunloe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_of_Dunloe) .  The road getting there threw the GPS into a tizzy and we soon found ...

... exciting to watch. On our second day in Killarney we decided to rent bikes and ride a 55 km loop through the Gap of Dunloe, into Killarney National Park, to Torc waterfall, through Muckross estate, to Ross Castle and back to Killarney. The highlight ...

... scenery and because it's so much fun to drive on! If you visit the Ring of Kerry, you NEED to go through the Gap of Dunloe. Finally, once we got through the gap, we were back on N70 and heading home to Limerick. It was a great, exciting weekend full ...