July 7, 2024
After leaving the Daniel O'Connell Memorial Church, our goal for the day was to complete the Ring of Kerry Scenic Drive.
We started by driving our car onto the Valentia Island Ferry, which took us across the strait to Valentia Island, a five-minute ride.
From there we drove down most of the length of the island before crossing back to the mainland on a bridge to Portmagee. Supposedly this cuts the road trip time down by 30 minutes.
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| The Maurice O'Neill Bridge, photo from here. |
There is a "sub" ring that is part of the Ring of Kerry called the Skellig Ring. That's were we headed first. Just a couple of miles away from Portmagee in that ring is The Kerry Cliffs, one of the most breathtaking places we visited in Ireland and our first stop.
The map below shows our drive from Cahershiveen (where we began our day at the Daniel O'Connell Memorial Church) through the end of the day in Killarney. The black star marks the approximate location of the Kerry Cliffs.
We parked the car and started on a long uphill path to the overlook, passing a field where a Shetland pony was grazing . . .
. . . and where Bob tried to have a conversation with a donkey.
