14/05: Slea Head Drive
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
And tonight's beer was Guinness and a hard cider for me.
Maureen told us that we couldn’t leave Killarney without seeing the Rhododendrons at the Muckross Gardens in the Killarney National Park. We were not successful in fitting a rhododendron viewing in yesterday so we drove the short distance to the national park this morning.
Muckross House is a mansion in the Killarney National Park. Our next visit to Ireland will include more time to explore Muckross House, Farm, Abby, etc and the national park. Mother Nature was making weather during our visit, so we saw the gardens in the rain and the sun.
Rhododendrons in many colours graced the garden.
I’m not sure what this plant is but it looks like a relative of rhubarb, only it’s much, much larger (it was taller than me) and had thorns on the stalks and leaves.
The peninsula north, northwest of the Iveragh Peninsula (Ring of Kerry) is the Dingle Peninsula. The scenic drive around this peninsula is called the Slea Head Drive. Again we experienced weather
At the top end of the Dingle Peninsula is a wonderful beach called Inch beach. The beach is on land the juts into the bay --- the sand is hard packed and the waves plentiful. We saw people learning to surf, runers practicing for a marathon, land yachts (or sail cart) zooming and dogs having a great time running around.
An interesting cloud pattern.
There were lots of waves hitting the rocks along the shore.
Gallarus Oratory is a chapel that is 800 to 1200 years old. The stones were dry laid creating walls that are almost 4 feet thick.
Ruins of a church.
The patchwork of fields dotted with sheep and cows.
Maureen told us that we couldn’t leave Killarney without seeing the Rhododendrons at the Muckross Gardens in the Killarney National Park. We were not successful in fitting a rhododendron viewing in yesterday so we drove the short distance to the national park this morning.
Muckross House is a mansion in the Killarney National Park. Our next visit to Ireland will include more time to explore Muckross House, Farm, Abby, etc and the national park. Mother Nature was making weather during our visit, so we saw the gardens in the rain and the sun.
Rhododendrons in many colours graced the garden.
I’m not sure what this plant is but it looks like a relative of rhubarb, only it’s much, much larger (it was taller than me) and had thorns on the stalks and leaves.
The peninsula north, northwest of the Iveragh Peninsula (Ring of Kerry) is the Dingle Peninsula. The scenic drive around this peninsula is called the Slea Head Drive. Again we experienced weather
At the top end of the Dingle Peninsula is a wonderful beach called Inch beach. The beach is on land the juts into the bay --- the sand is hard packed and the waves plentiful. We saw people learning to surf, runers practicing for a marathon, land yachts (or sail cart) zooming and dogs having a great time running around.
An interesting cloud pattern.
There were lots of waves hitting the rocks along the shore.
Gallarus Oratory is a chapel that is 800 to 1200 years old. The stones were dry laid creating walls that are almost 4 feet thick.
Ruins of a church.
The patchwork of fields dotted with sheep and cows.