Ring of Kerry


We got up at 7.10 and ate breakfast. Wonderful toast with melted Irish cheese, accompanied by tomatoes and mushrooms.

Diane drove in varying light and heavy rain that day. We drove west out of Kenmare, through Sneem. Drizzle, pour, drizzle, pour. We stopped at Staigue where there was a 2,000 year old stone ring fort. We parked, walked through the rain up a hill covered in sheep dung to the ring fort. As we crouched down and walked into the ring, the rain stopped. A transitory moment of perfection. No sounds, not a single one, but the quiet wisp of breathing in air that had flowed through this circle for two millennium.

Pushing onward through the rain, we stopped at various vantage points along the way. We stopped in Waterville, by the seaside to get some sodas and walk around a bit in the rain. Small fishing village (~ 500 people). We continued on, skipping the Ring of Skellig. [By now, I've exhausted the "nature" part of my trip!]

We continued on to Kilgorgan, then back into Killarney for a quick pit stop at a public loo. Then, back to the deadly drive from Killarney to Kenmare, this time with Diane driving. Pulled over a few times foor a look over the edge of the roadway out into the mountains and plains wrapped around their bases.

Beach along the Ring of Kerry:



Stone ring for at Staigue:



Inside the ring fort:


Posted: Sun - September 7, 2003 at 05:50 PM          

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