historical ireland kerry

A section of the famous Tralee to Dingle Light Railway (1891-1953),  was restored to allow you to experience first hand the thrill of what it is like to be a passenger in a steam train. This is a must for adults and children alike.
It is advisable to contact prior to arranging your visit as the staem train is not always open to the public....

The Story of Kenmare and Mapped Heritage Trail.
The Heritage Centre covers themes such as: Kenmare Lace Exhibition (Lace Making Displays), Famous Visitors to Kenmare, The Nun of Kenmare, The History of Kenmare, Historical Sites in Kenmare, The Effects of the Famine on Kenmare, The Landlords of Kenmare.

Personal Sound Tours:
One of the features of the exhibition is the provision of personal Sound Tours, these are personal headsets which give each visitor an extra dim...

Tourdingle offer a variety of activity and discovery holidays to suit all interests, catering for couples to singles, families and groups. There are six different activity holiday packages to choose from which include, Walking/Hiking, Equestrian, Historical/Archaeological, Watersports, Eco-Marine and Fishing/Angling. You can decide on one activity for the week or better still if you are interseted in trying something new why not choose to sample some of the many activite...

Tourdingle offer a variety of activity and discovery holidays to suit all interests, catering for couples to singles, families and groups. There are six different activity holiday packages to choose from which include, Walking/Hiking, Equestrian, Historical/Archaeological, Watersports, Eco-Marine and Fishing/Angling. You can decide on one activity for the week or better still if you are interseted in trying something new why not choose to sample some of the many activite...

Once home to the famous Irishman, Daniel O Connell, Derrynane House now displays many relics of O Connell’s life and of his career as a lawyer, politician and statesman. There are also 120 hectares of parkland to roam as well as fabulous scenic sites to be seen.
Opened as a museum in 1967, Derrynane House has been a popular site amongst tourists ever since. Furnished with family portraits, writings and a great many items relating to Daniel O’Connell’s political life, it...

The oldest surviving artefacts of the Celtic church are the cross-pillars and slabs found at a number of monastic sites throughout the country. They represent the first tentative steps in the development of Irish ecclesiastical art. Unlike the alter ringed crosses which evolved from them, the earliest Christian crosses were simply inscribed on suitable natural stones with no attempt at shaping. Sometimes in situ pagan standing stones were adopted for the purpose.

The Reask cross-pill...

The Park Hotel was built originally as a railway hotel in 1897 and has the sturdy gray-stone dignity of the period. It is high on a hillside, with immaculate terraced gardens and walkways leading down to fields, woods and the tidal estuary of the Kenmare River. Its own 9-hole golf course is off to one side, bright hanging baskets of flowers are suspended from the delicate ironwork tracery of the verandah with groups of white chairs set out invitingly on the lawn.

The long drive cu...

The ancient monastery of Kilmalkedar, founded in the seventh century by St Maolcathair, is one of the foremost Early Christian sites of the Dingle Peninsula. The existing church is a twelfth-century building consisting of a nave to which a chancel was added at a later date, as was the usual practice. Many of the features which typify Irish Romanesque architecture are present. The bold antae with animal-head decoration are well preserved, as is the round-headed doorway with blank tympanum. Th...

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St John's Literary and Arts Centre is located in St John's, a gothic style church, in Listowel Square. The centre includes a theatre, exhibition areas, Tourist Information Office and coffee shop. St. John's Literary Heritage section graphically traces the unique literary tradition of North Kerry. Evidence of its importance is vivid in today's Ireland as exemplified by the large number of contemporary writers indigenous to the area, i.e. John B. Keane, Bryan MacMahon, Brendan Kennelly and J.A....