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The History That Surrounds Us - Part I
The History That Surrounds Us - Part II
History of County
Kerry |
Details
on
our holiday farmhouse and the local area
Our house
The house is an old stone
farm house which
has been modernized throughout -- all of the
amenities of a modern home,
in traditional Irish country style
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Original pine floors, open fireplace (peat provided),
pine woodwork, cozy bedrooms
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T.V. and VCR, clothes
washer and dryer, microwave, refrigerator, radio/CD player
Three bedrooms--two with a double bed and
one with a set of single beds (additional bedroom with single bed is available upon
request for nominal fee); cot for infants
Living room with open
fireplace
Separate sitting room with
fine views of the countryside
Kitchen and adjacent dining room
Spacious bathroom with shower and
tub
Oil-fired central heating throughout the
house
Amenities and Provisions
Washing machine and dryer
Oven, cook top, fridge and microwave
Fully-fitted kitchen
Bed linens
Free turf for fireplace
Local area
Located in quiet rural area but easily
accessible to large town (Cahersiveen--15 minutes) and Ring of Kerry
Cattle and sheep
farms
Fine views of mountains and ocean
-- Kerry's highest cliffs are just up the road on the way to St. Finan's Bay and Ballinskelligs
Food/dining and entertainment
Food shops and pubs in picturesque fishing village of
Portmagee, 1.5 km (10 minute walk down quiet country lane or along the
beach)
Bakery/cafe in the village, with indoor and outdoor
seating areas overlooking the harbor
Fine restaurants in Portmagee as well as Cahersiveen,
Knightstown and Waterville
Traditional irish music in pubs in Portmagee,
as well as set dancing
Recreation
- Beaches
- Reencaheragh
- long, secluded beach along harbor, just a short walk from the
cottage
- Inny Strand
- 8km: Over 2km of sand - very safe swimming beach
- Glanleam,
Valentia - 9km: Small beach in nice location
- Ballinskelligs
- 11km: Blue flag approved beach
- St Finans
Bay - 10km: Small sandy beach in spectacular location (not
recommended for swimming)
- Cooncrome
- 12km: Nice secluded beach safe for swimming
- White Strand
- 15km: Blue flag beach
- Kells Bay -
20km: Nice beach
- Derrynane
- 30km: large, spectacular beach; adjacent to Derrynane House and
gardens, and near Staigue Ringfort
Golf
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Waterville
Golf Club (10 minutes' drive)
Championship course, seaside links, designer E. Hackett, fees-
€125 euro per player per round, early bird rate Monday - Thursday
(excluding bank holidays)
€63 euro per round if playing before 8am or after 4pm. Pre-booking
essential
- Killorglin
Golf Club (40 minutes' drive)
Tel (066)9761979 Email: kilgolf@iol.ie
18 hole - Par 72 - 6497 yards - 5940m
Parkland: 8.00am till dark, Bar and Restaurant
Club Hire and Caddie Service available (pre booking)
Fees: Weekdays €21.59
Weekends/Holidays €25.39
Course Designer: Eddie Hackett
- Dooks Golf Club
(40 minutes' drive)
Tel (066)9768205
18 hole - par 70 - 6010 yards - 5495 m
Seaside Links near Glenbeigh - opens 10.00am
Catering Facilities
Fees €40 per round and and €55 per day Monday -
Saturday, no green fee time available on Sunday.
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Several other golf courses elsewhere in Kerry,
Killarney (60 minutes), Sneem (60 minutes) and Kenmare (90 minutes).
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Courses in Tralee are about 90 minutes away
along scenic portion of Ring of Kerry route. Ballybunnion (2 hours) and Old Head
(Kinsale--2 hrs) are also accessible.
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more details here.
Angling:
Sea Angling:
- Blue shark,
gurnard, tope,wrasse, pollack, mackerel, plaice, spurdogs, bass,
flats, ray, conger, dog fish, bass, whiting, mullet, codling and
coal fish.
- Fully equipped
and approved boats are available at: Valentia, Cahirciveen,
Derrynane.
- http://www.seaangler.com/anchorsiveen
Shore angling:
- Kells:
rock fishing for pollack, wrasse and dog fish
- Coonanna
Harbour: Fishing off pier - flat fish, conger
- Cooncrome
Harbour: Rock fishing on western side - pollack, wrasse and
mackerel
- Lough Kay:
flatfish, occasional ray
- Valentia
Island: Ray, conger, mullet, pollack, mackerel
- Renard Point:
Off pier - Flatfish, mackerel, Bass at outflow from Fish Plant
(bottom and float fishing)
- Portmagee
- Dogfish, small pollack off bridge. Conger and mullet in harbour
- St.
Finians Bay:
Bas, flatfish (surf fishing). Pollack, mackerel, wrasse (rock
fishing)
- Ballinskelligs
Bay/Waterville: Bass, flat fish (surf fishing)
- Hogs Head:
Pollack, mackerel, wrasse(rock fishing)
- Derrynane:
Bass, flatfish(surf fishing)
- Lambs
Head: Pollack, mackerel, wrasse, conger, dog fish (spinning and
bottom fishing)
Game angling:
- Permits
available from Waterville
Tourist Office
- River Inny
: Salmon (July/August), Sea trout (April onwards), brown trout
- Lough
Currane - Ghillies for hire on lake shore. Salmon ( Febuary -
September); sea trout, brown trout
- Lough Coppal
- Some grilse, sea trout
- Cummeragh
River - Salmon (March - September),; sea trout
- Lakes
Cloonaghlin and Derriana - Sea trout, Salmon (summer)
Culture and history
Renowned Skellig Michael, a 9th century monastic island
settlement several miles off-shore and accessible by boat hired from
Portmagee (leaving daily, weather permitting),
inhabited by thousands of puffins in season. This is one of the most
interesting tourism destinations in southwest Ireland.
Just over the hill in The Glen is one
of the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas found mainly on the west coast
of Ireland
If you are interested in Irish
archeology and history, the area is full of a variety of noted sites, up
to four thousand years' old, such as wedge tombs, stone rows, standing
stones, stone ring forts, promontory forts and ogham stones. See the Local Activities page for more
details.
The Ring of Kerry
For more detailed information on Kerry attractions, see our
Local Activities page. |
