These are photos from The Killarney National Park area, which I visited recently. It was a couple of years since I was there, so Killarney’s lovely forests, lakes and mountains made a nice change from the beaches of the Dingle Peninsula. It’s not too far to drive from home, I really should go more often.
Killarney has long been a popular tourist spot, even my parents honeymooned there, soooo many years ago.
I and 2 friends set off in my van, having three seats in front at least we could all get a good look around, besides I can get travel sick in the back seat of a car. So we of course wore masks – three masked women in the front seats of a van! I joked that we looked like we were out on a heist!
So I hope you will enjoy joining us on our trip.
Our first stop was Muckross Park. where we passed through the gardens and woodland before moving on to Torc Waterfall, where there was more woodland, so my woodland pics got a bit mixed up.
Torc Waterfall. The place was teeming with people. Social distancing was not easy here.
This waterfall is 20 metres (66 ft) high, falling a distance of a 110 metres (360 ft) cascade, formed by the Owengarriff River as it drains from the Devil’s Punchbowl corrie lake at Mangerton Mountain. You cannot see all of it at once, and there is a steep walk up a path to get to see it on another level.
Above is the first level, and below is the higher level, after the steep walk up the hill.
On the way back to the car park we came upon this delightful little cottage, looking like a gate lodge to some place – I don’t know where. The garden was overgrown and the house looked un-lived in, although fitted with a security alarm.
We stood there for a while and enjoyed trying to identify the flowers, and one person even hopped in and collected a few seedheads. Seems we were on a heist after all!
Thanks for joining us. I have several more photos to show of the lakes, mountains and the Gap of Dunloe. Please re-join me for the rest of the trip, within the next few days. Here’s a taster:
More photos of the South Kerry region and the Killarney National Park area on my website:
https://www.helene-brennan.com/c87-photographs-of-the-iveragh-peninsula-and-killarney