Killarney Attractions

Bullet the Blue Sky

Advantages: Comparatively easy, a fine viewpoint
Disadvantages: Not a place to seek solitude

...this one's for you. Torc (like many mountains, it's named after the wild boar) is an irascible little peak 1755ft in height, just south of Killarney. Shagged with trees and sporting a fine waterfall at its base, it squats like a watchdog over the town's eponymous Lakes, providing both a literal and metaphorical gateway to the higher peaks of County Kerry. Directions Leave Killarney on the N71 towards Kenmare: this is the start of the fabled ...
...far as Torc. (It's beyond Torc that the road starts getting interesting, with its cavernous potholes, vast subsidence and Last-Stop-Before-The-Next-Life narrow blind corners). After a couple of miles you'll draw alongside Lough Leane, largest of the Lakes of Killarney, and then the entrances to Muckross Priory and House: low level walks, National Park Visitor Centres, jaunting cars, traditional farms and gardens, if that's what you're into. And a ...

greenierexyboy 18.12.2008 · Read full review
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