Information on visiting and enjoying County Kerry in the Province of Munster.
A calendar of events and festivals in County Kerry - especially for visitors to Ireland.
Basic Facts about County Kerry
Essential information on Kerry County Airport in Farranfore (County Kerry), one of Ireland's airports used for scheduled passenger flights. How to get to Kerry County Airport, what to expect and where to go from here.
A list of Kerry pubs and clubs hosting regular sessions of traditional music.
Though only a few miles south of the more famous Ring of Kerry, the Beara Peninsula is a different world. The peninsula and its main town Castletownbere have not yet been totally discovered by mainstream tourism and retained a rural charm that has been modernized and polished to death in other places.
If you are doing the Slea Head Drive on the Dingle Peninsula, make sure to take the detour to the Blasket Centre (also signposted as Ionad an Bhlascaoid) within sight of the Blasket Islands themselves.
Jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, the Dingle Peninsula is one of the westernmost areas of Ireland. The Dingle Peninsula as an attraction can be a two-edged sword - wild, deserted and simply breathtaking in many places, commercialized, overcrowded and stifling in others.
Dingle Bay is home to Fungi, a solitary dolphin known for interacting with humans. Unfortunately the dolphin's behavior is not natural and the large amount of activities centering on the one animal seems to be too much at times.
Travel writers and the opening of the railway boosted Killarney's influx of visitors even more in the 19th century and Queen Victoria's visit bestowed royal approval on the original Irish holiday destination. Killarney remains one of the top tourist destinations for both Irish and foreign travellers.
If you are visiting Killarney a tour on one of the "jaunting cars", light passenger wagons drawn by a single horse, is almost mandatory. Dozens of "jarveys" offer an extensive tour, lots of knowledge and a decent price. It is, however, a case of "buyer beware".
The Musaem Chorca Dhuibne in Ballyferriter is a local museum in the traditional sense, concentrating on the local history of the Chorca Dhuibne Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area). But it has been revamped in recent years and follows modern museum practice.
The Ring of Kerry, a circular tour taking you from Killorglin via Cahersiveen and Kenmare to Killarney, takes in some of the most spectacular landscapes of Ireland's Southwest. But it has been so well publicized that traffic jams are not unknown in Summer. So is it still worth taking this tour?
An excellent unofficial website on Tralee.
Official tourism website for the Munster counties of Cork and Kerry.
