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An old coach road brings the Way to Sneem. [25] Sneem and Kenmare are connected by a trail that follows the coast above Kenmare River. [26] The final stretch crosses the mountains between Kenmare and Killarney via another Windy Gap rejoining the outbound route of the Way at Galway's Bridge retracing the route through Muckross to the end in ...
Torc Mountain (Irish: Sliabh Torc, meaning 'mountain of wild boar'), [2] at 535 metres (1,755 ft), is the 329th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list. It is a popular mountain for hill walkers as it has a stone or boarded path (using railway sleepers) from its base at Torc Waterfall to its summit, which has views of the Lakes of Killarney. [3]
A marked hiking trail also runs from the waterfall to the top of Torc Mountain 535 metres (1,755 ft) via the Old Kenmare Road, however, hikers can avoid Torc Waterfall and start from the upper car-park above the waterfall (at 55 metres, ), to complete the 8–kilometre 3 hour route to the summit of Torc Mountain and back. [1] [10]
Moll's Gap or Céim an Daimh (meaning, Gap of the Ox), [1] is a mountain pass on the N71 road from Kenmare to Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.. Moll's Gap is on the Ring of Kerry route, [2] and offers views of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountains, and is a popular tourist location. [3]
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]
Ladies View is a scenic viewpoint on the Ring of Kerry tourist route about 19 kilometres (12 miles) from Killarney along the N71 road to Kenmare, in the Killarney National Park in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Irish Times ranked Ladies View as one of the most photographed places in Ireland, [ 3 ] while the Daily Edge ranked the views amongst Ireland ...
The R571 regional road passes through the area, and the village is just off it. There is a summer-only Bus Éireann service, and private bus companies also serve the area, some year-round. [4] Nearby, to the south, and passing along to the west, is the Kealincha River. [5] The river is crossed by both old stone bridges and a modern footbridge ...
It was The 4th Earl of Kenmare who decided to build a new mansion on a hillside with views of Lough Leane in 1872. The old manor, Kenmare House, was demolished and an Elizabethan-Revival manor house on a more elevated site erected at a cost was well over £100,000 (equivalent to £11,278,000 in 2023).