Ireland Trip: Best Scenery: The Ring of Kerry

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On Wednesday, August 9th, my cousin Liz and I and the rest of the merry band of twenty people who made up our tour group set off from Limerick for County Kerry because we were going to see the Ring of Kerry.

The Ring of Kerry is a circular scenic route on the Iveragh peninsula in southwest Ireland. A lot of the roads are quite narrow, which reminded me of visits to Japan as a kid--tour buses do the route in counter-clockwise fashion and cars in clockwise. It keeps buses from bumping into each other and clogging up roads.


The Ring of Kerry easily wins best scenery of the trip. I think you'll be able to see why.

With Charlie Chaplin in Waterville, Co. Kerry




The Blind Piper pub in Caherdaniel

Village of Sneem, Co. Kerry





Comments

  1. krystal janeAugust 13, 2017 at 5:14 PM

    Yay! Check out the colorful digs! ^_^
    Such pretty scenery! I can't wait to get over there one day.

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    1. Michelle AthyAugust 14, 2017 at 8:55 AM

      Yeah, I really liked the pretty cottages, too. They were so cheerful!

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  2. T. DreckerAugust 14, 2017 at 12:43 PM

    It's beautiful! I'd love to go into that pub. It's so cute.

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    1. Michelle AthyAugust 14, 2017 at 4:47 PM

      It was really cozy inside the pub, too! Good food!

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  3. emaginetteAugust 16, 2017 at 10:57 AM

    Wow! Lucky you. I can honestly say I'm jealous. hehehe

    Anna from elements of emaginette

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    1. Michelle AthyAugust 16, 2017 at 4:55 PM

      The Ring of Kerry was like, perfect picture-postcard views everywhere. Astounding. So glad we got to go see it!

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  4. Thea LandenAugust 16, 2017 at 10:20 PM

    Gorgeous! That pub is adorable.

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