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Kenmare

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    • Day 73

      Northbound on the Beara

      September 12, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Chilly but sunny morning. Steep climbs to start the day. Generally quiet road in good condition as we head towards Kenmare. No good camping options thus stay in a hostel. And with no kitchen have to go out to eat. Nice pub dinner - even with live music.Read more

    • Day 13

      Dursey Island

      August 16, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Die Zeit wird knapp, da unser Hungry-Hill noch gesättigt werden musste.
      Wir hoffen, dass die Cable Car zu Dursey Island heute und bis wir ankommen noch offen hat.
      Thomas wollte unbedingt übersetzen und wenn er nur einmal hin und einmal zurück fährt. Diese Seilbahn soll wohl sogar Kühe transportieren. Mir ist die Sache noch nicht geheuer, seit wir eine Dokumentation angeschaut hatten. Es ist nicht nur, dass es Irlands einzige Seilbahn ist. Es ist so, weil man beim Bau und der späteren Nutzung bemerkte, dass die Wetterbedingungen von Irland wohl nicht so besonders ideal für solche Fahrgeschäfte sei.
      Da kann der Überlebensinstikt sich schon rufen.

      „Dursey Island (irisch Baoi Bhéarra oder Oileán Baoi) befindet sich am südwestlichen Ende der Beara-Halbinsel im Westen des County Cork in Irland. Zwischen Dursey und dem Festland liegt der 230 Meter breite Dursey Sound. Er ist zwischen Dursey Point an der Küste und dem Nordwestende der Insel durch Irlands einzige Seilbahn überbrückt.“

      Angekommen stellten wir fest, dass unser Cable Car fährt. Nachdem wir betrachteten, wie weit wir es bis New York zu schwimmen hätten, machten wir uns auf den Weg zum Einstieg.
      Aber das wird dann wohl doch nichts mehr. It‘s full for today
      Um die schmale Straße (mich erinnert sie gerade an eine Murmelbahn) nicht ganz umsonst gefahren zu sein, gönnen wir uns am Kiosk einen Burger und testen das Guiness für Autofahrer - ganz schön schwindelerregend.

      Aber gut gestärkt schaffen wir es auch zurück nach Kenmare zu unserem heutigen Anwesen - Abbey Court.
      Der Gastgeber konnte sich zum Glück tatsächlich an unser Telefonat von heute morgen erinnern und hat ein schönes und geräumiges Zimmer für uns. Aber vorher wird erstmal über unsere Reise gesprochen und die wunderschöne Aussicht aus dem Fenster im Gemeinschaftsraum genossen. Bei Ebbe fühlt man sich, wie in Afrika, bei Flut, wie in einem Königshaus.
      Natürlich schlossen wir unseren nochmaligen Besuch in Kenmare mit einen ordentlichen Pub-Besuch zu traditioneller Musik ab.
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    • Day 5

      Kenmare Stone Circle

      July 1, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      The Kenmare Stone Circle is the biggest stone circle in the south-west of Ireland. Stone circles, were, built, during, the Bronze age (2,200 - 500BC) for ritual and ceremonial purposes. Some studies have indicated that they were orientated on certain solar and lunar events, such as the position of the sun on the horizon on a solstice.
      The Kenmare example may be orientated on the setting sun. In the centre of the circle is a type of burial monument known as a Boulder Burial.
      These are rarely found outside of south-western Ireland.
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    • Day 6

      Kenmare Stone Circle / Druids Circle

      August 18, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      In Kenmare angekommen, stoppen wir kurz in der Market Street am Stone Circle.

      In Südwestirland finden sich über 100 solcher Steinkreise. Sie datieren aus den Jahren 2000 bis 500 vor Christus. Diese Kreise dienten rituellen und zeremoniellen Zwecken. Auch Menschenopfer fanden an solchen Stätten statt. Einzelne, eher seltenere Kreise beinhalten auch Grabstätten. Diese sind durch Mittelsteine gekennzeichnet.

      Interessanterweise zeigt sich hier auch wieder die Abergläubigkeit der Iren. An einem größeren Busch finden sich angeknotete Wünsche.
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    • Day 32

      Galway to Kenmare

      October 2, 2018 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Just loving Ireland and today another of many contrasts. Set off from Galway for the Cliffs of Moher. The hour and a half drive was gorgeous, yet the countryside so rugged and farms so underdeveloped due to the land being so poor. The cliffs were another tourist site which was very well managed and we were lucky that they were not so busy although by the time we left we counted 15 tourist buses. The sun came out and the scenery was amazing although was very nervous about how stable the ground under our feet was. We drove on to a very old fashioned town full of pubs where we actually found a reasonably modern cafe for lunch. Our next stop was Adare, a beautiful tourist town with lovely shops and some thatched roof cottages. The scenery by now had completely changed and the whole area of Kerry seemed very prosperous compared to County Clare. We drove through Killarney but realised we would now be doing the most picturesque part of the Ring of Kerry as we made our way to Kenmare. Not wanting to get there too late and knowing we wanted to explore the area more tomorrow, we decided not to make any more stops and just carry on. The scenery was breathtaking and we arrived an hour later in Kenmare at 5 30 to find the loveliest little Irish town. Our accomodation was O’Donnabhain’s Hotel and our room was above the main bar. We wandered around the streets before settling into the bar for a lovely pub meal and live music. All gorgeous. After another walk around we retired upstairs and were surprised at how sound proof the room was- but how hard the bed was! Oh well can’t have everything!Read more

    • Day 6

      Ring of Kerry: Kenmare

      June 24, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ 🌧 66 °F

      We were delighted to see the sun shining when we went down to an early breakfast before setting off on our day of sightseeing. It was a good omen ... even though the sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds throughout the day.

      Setting off to drive the Ring of Kerry in a counter-clockwise direction, our first stop before leaving Killarney was to have been the Torc Waterfall. Alas, the road to get there was closed. In fact, we had to backtrack a bit. Hence our direction driving the Ring ended up being clockwise instead. Luckily, the convoys of buses that tend to clog traffic on the narrow Ring of Kerry roads were non-existent today.

      Those who know us well are aware of our affinity to all things associated with the polar regions. The name of a County Kerry man — Tom Crean — is well known in the annals of Antarctic exploration. He participated in three expeditions ... two of which were quite eventful. Having read that he had a restaurant in Kenmare, we wanted to at least check it out.

      Arriving in Kenmare, we parked the car and set off to find “Tom Crean’s Fish & Wine.” We didn’t have to go far. Turns out that we’d parked across the street from it. Next, we went for a stroll around town. We were surprised to find the streets mostly deserted ... surprising at 9:30a on a Monday morning. Noticing that the door to the Holy Cross Church was open, we popped in to take a look at the stained glass windows ... for which I have a particular photographic fondness.

      And then, we were off to continue our drive.

      (More about Tom Crean at this link if you want to learn more ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(explorer)).
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    • Day 6

      kenmare

      June 14, 2018 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Völlig erledigt im Bett😊 seit 6 Tagen jeden Tag 7~11 Stunden Motorrad fahren ist auch als sozia mega anstrengend🙈 morgen fährt Georg mal allein und ich wasche Wäsche! Socken und Unterhosen gehen aus🙄 und danach etwas shoppen in Kenmare... ohne Georg aber mit ec karte😇💕😂Read more

    • Day 10

      Kenmare

      August 17, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      This is a beautiful small town just at the end of the Kenmare Bay. From here, you can see both, the Kerry and the Beara Peninsula. This is also the last stop before the final hike to Killarney, where we will end the Kerry Way !!!Read more

    • Day 27

      Ring of Kerry

      September 12, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      The plan today is to drive the Ring of Kerry, we already did 20 or so klms of it before we got to Kenmare last night so at least we have a head start.

      The day is not looking too bright. First stop was the Staigue Stone Fort, up this little skinny track for about 4 klms, buses can't go in here so that's a bonus. It was amazing, 2500 years old and all the walls and some of the rooms are still intact. Big enough to house the chieftain and his family and probably most of their village. There were steps built into the walls and you could climb up to the top, pretty spectacular views they would have had, it was a tad nerve racking on the highest one!

      Lots of pretty views as you drive along, nice little harbours and a wood turner we called in to see, where Graham scored some wood to take home. Unfortunately about lunch time the rain came in and never really stopped, it was pretty much a white out for the rest of the afternoon. We did see a few of the views between showers, and one spot where the rain stopped for a bit with a gorgeous rainbow. I was so glad we'd seen a bit the day before and got to the Stone Fort before the weather really set in.

      We gave up then and headed for Dingle. It rained the whole way so I'm not expecting the Dingle Peninsula to be too marvellous either. It is a cool little town though with lots of pubs, restaurants and music. And windy, we went for a walk before dinner and nearly got bowled over. Holy Moly talk about the Wild Atlantic Way!

      Another great feed and then we wandered around and listened to a few sessions and one group who we thought were going to be wonderful, had a big crowd and took forever to get themselves organised! They were deadly boring, so we headed back to the pub we'd had dinner at were there was a couple of guys playing and singing. An Irish dancer came out and joined them for a few songs, he sure could move. It was great fun and very entertaining!
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    • Day 5

      Kenmare : 3 Tage keine Koffer packen

      June 13, 2018 in Ireland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      Nass und glücklich endlich in Kenmare angekommen! Unser Motorrad darf in der Garage neben der Waschmaschine parken und die Vermieter haben uns einen Schlüssel zum Trockenraum gegeben. Sehr nett, sonst wäre unser Zimmer vermutlich bald ein Tropenhaus gewesen.
      In die Stadt sind wir nicht mehr gegangen, sondern haben im Hotel im die Ecke gegessen.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Kenmare, An Neidín, Кенмэр

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