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The Ring of Kerry, suite (1961) Irish Legend, suite (1967) Playful Scherzo (1962/3) Petit Point (1962) Champagne Festival (1981) Speedbird Salutes the Few, march commissioned by British Airways. (1990) Concerto for Trumpet and orchestra (1952) Concertino for Bassoon Strings, Harp and Percussion (2000)
The Ring of Kerry (Irish: Mórchuaird Chiarraí) is a 179-kilometre-long (111-mile) circular tourist route in County Kerry, south-western Ireland. Clockwise from Killarney it follows the N71 to Kenmare , then the N70 around the Iveragh Peninsula to Killorglin – passing through Sneem , Waterville , Cahersiveen , and Glenbeigh – before ...
The waterfall, which lies at the base of Torc Mountain, in the Killarney National Park, is 4.3 miles (7 kilometres) from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The waterfall is a popular site on the Ring of Kerry and the Kerry Way tours.
Killarney (/ k ɪ ˈ l ɑːr n i / kil-AR-nee; Irish: Cill Airne [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲə], meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland.The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castle, Muckross House and Abbey, the Lakes of Killarney, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Purple Mountain ...
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]
Rossbeigh, or Rossbehy (Irish: Ros Beithe, meaning 'headland of the birch trees'), is a sandspit with beaches on either side, located approximately 1.6 km from the village of Glenbeigh, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Ring of Kerry, on the Dingle Bay side of the Iveragh Peninsula. [1]
Kerry Geopark [3] is a community initiative on the Iveragh Peninsula which aims to promote geotourism in this area of high geological importance. Some of the interest features are Kenmare Bay (a drowned river valley or ria), signs of past glaciation and volcanic activity and 400-million-year-old fossilised tetrapod tracks.
The Kerry Bog Village is an open-air museum situated in west County Kerry focused on the culture and history of Ireland. [1] [2] It is a tourist stop on the Ring of Kerry, [3] between the towns of Killorglin and Glenbeigh. [4] The outdoor museum recreates traditional Irish thatched cottages and the lives of their inhabitants during the 19th ...