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Kenmare River or Kenmare Bay (Irish: An Ribhéar, meaning 'river-mouth estuary' or Bá Neidíneach, 'the bay of Neidín') [1] is a long and narrow bay in south-west Ireland. The bay is enclosed by the Iveragh Peninsula on the north side, and the Beara Peninsula on the south, with most of its shores belonging to County Kerry , except for a small ...
Kenmare (Irish: Neidín, meaning 'the little nest') [8] [9] is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of Ceann Mara, [8] meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay. It is also a townland and civil parish. [9]
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It lies on the estuary of the River Sneem which expands here to Kenmare Bay. The N70 road runs through the town, which is approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Kenmare . While the 2022 census recorded a population of 386 people, [ 1 ] Sneem is located in a tourist area and the population increases during the summer months.
The Shire of Woodanilling heritage list has 14 entries for the locality, among them the Kenmare Homestead, the Kenmare School Hall, Kenmare Hall as well as a number of lakes, swamps and springs. [7] Kenmare Homestead dates back to 1900, when Harold Douglas settled in the area and named it after the family farm in Victoria. Douglas farmed at ...
A Special Area of Conservation, protects most of the basin of the Blackwater River.This is one of the areas in which the rare Kerry slug is known to occur. Other rare species which are protected by the SAC include the otter, freshwater pearl mussel, lesser horseshoe bat and Atlantic salmon.
It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. The nearest town is Kenmare which is 11 km to the west along the R569 road. Killarney is 18 km to the north (but 30 km by road). Kilgarvan is part of the civil parish of the same name. [2]
The nearest town is Kenmare, 15 km to the north-east. The parish is part of the barony of Glanrought and is divided into three electoral divisions : Dawros, Ardea and Glenmore. Local attractions include the Uragh Stone Circle , Uragh Wood , Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs , the Healy Pass, Glenmore Lake, Derreen Garden , and Gleninchaquin Park.