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1 Southwest Blitz, 4 DaysBlitz the best of southwest Ireland’s coast, countryside and cosmopolitan city life. (p17)

2 Ring of Kerry, 4 DaysWeave past jaw-dropping scenery as you circumnavigate the Iveragh Peninsula. (p29)

3 Dingle Peninsula, 3–4 DaysDingle’s ancient landscape is ringed by quaint fishing villages and spectacular beaches. (p41)

4 Shannon River Route, 4 DaysMeander alongside Ireland’s mightiest river and get out on the water too. (p51)

Dingle Peninsula Connor Pass (p47)ROLF G WACKENBERG/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

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Cover photographs: Front: Jaguar driving between Kenmare and Killarney, Pete Seaward/Lonely Planet ©; Back: St Colman’s Cathedral and coloured houses, Cobh, Maurizio Rellini/AWL Images ©

THIS BOOKThis 1st edition of Cork, Kerry & Southwest Ireland Road Trips was researched and written by Neil Wilson. This guidebook was produced by the following:

Destination Editor Clifton Wilkinson

Senior Product Editors Sandie Kestell, Jessica Ryan

Product Editor Rachel Rawling

Senior Regional Cartographer Mark Griffiths

Cartographer Alison Lyall

Book Designer Gwen Cotter

Assisting Editors Andrew Bain, Imogen Bannister, Nigel Chin, Melanie Dankel, Carly Hall, Victoria Harrison, Kellie Langdon, Rosie Nicholson, Kristin Odijk, Simon Williamson

Cover Researcher Naomi Parker

Thanks to Will Allen, Sasha Drew, Susan Paterson, Wibowo Rusli, Angela Tinson, Amanda Williamson

OUR STORYA beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.

Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Dublin, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.

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Aabbeys & friaries 19, 82, 105,

106, 109accessible travel 123accommodation 13, 116, 117-18,

see also individual locationscosts 13activities, see individual

activitiesAdare 55, 105-8air travel 116Angela’s Ashes 100, 101aquariums 44archaelogical sites, see

historic sites & ruinsarea codes 122art galleries, see museums &

galleriesAskeaton 54, 105ATMs 120, 121

BBallina 52Ballingarry 108Ballyferriter 46Ballymaloe 73Bantry 23beaches

Banna Strand 95Derrynane Beach 86Inch 43Kilkee 56Rossbeigh Strand 32Slea Head 44-5

Belvelly Smokehouse 72Blarney Stone 25, 70

Blasket Islands 45Blennerville 48boat tours 74, 83, 91boating 91, 116border crossings 114Brandon Point 47Bunratty 56-7business hours 121

CCaherdaniel 20, 35-6, 86-7Cahersiveen 32-3car insurance 111car travel, see drivingCastlegregory 47castles & forts 99

Adare Castle 55, 105Ballycarbery Castle 33Blackrock Castle 61Blarney Castle 25, 70Bunratty Castle 56Cahergall 33Carrigogunnell Castle 105Desmond Castle 54, 105Dún an Óir Fort 46Dungarvan Castle 26-7Elizabeth Fort 63, 76King’s Castle 109Leacanabuile 33Limerick City 53Portumna Castle &

Gardens 52Ross Castle 38-9, 82Spike Island 71Tynte’s Castle 26, 75

cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals

cell phones 13, 122Church Island 35

churches & cathedralsArdfert Cathedral 95Holy Cross Church 87St Anne’s Church 77St Colman’s Cathedral 25St Fin Barre’s Cathedral 63, 76St Mary’s Cathedral 19, 53,

100St Mary’s Collegiate Church

26, 75Clarina 105climate 12Cloghane 46-7Cobh 24-5, 71-2Connor Pass 95

Cork City 24, 60-70, 76-7, 62activities 61-4, 76-7drinking 67-8eating 66-7entertainment 68-9events 64festivals 64history 60-1nightlife 67-8shopping 69sights 61-4, 76-7sleeping 64-6tourist information 69-70tours 64travel within 70walking tours 76-7, 77

costs 13, 118, 119County Cork 9, 10-11County Kerry 78-97County Limerick 98-109credit cards 120Cromane Peninsula 32currency 12cycling 92

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Ddangers, see safetyDingle Peninsula 9, 41-9, 90-5

Dingle Town 44, 91-5, 92disabilities, travellers with

122-3distilleries 91diving 47dolphin-watching 44, 47, 56drinking, see individual

locationsdriving 111-15

car hire 12, 111documents 111, 112driving licence 111fuel 12, 114insurance 111local tips 114, 115maps 112parking 113-14road distances 112road rules 111, 113safety 36, 112-13, 114, 115websites 113

Dungarvan 26-7Dunquin 45

Eelectricity 118emergencies 12etiquette 120events, see festivals & events,

individual locationsexchange rates 120

FFamine, the Great 24, 25, 33, 71festivals & events

Celtic 47, 85Cork Jazz Festival 24Cork Oyster & Seafood

Festival 64Cork Pride 68Cork World Book Fest 64Dingle Food & Wine

Festival 93film 24, 35, 64

food 64, 93music 23, 24, 64, 79Puck Fair 32, 85regattas 47, 92Rose of Tralee 48, 96West Cork Chamber Music

Festival 23fishing 79food 13, 64, 118-20forts, see castles & fortsFota Island 70Fota Wildlife Park 24Foynes 54, 105friaries, see abbeys & friariesfuel 12, 114

GGallarus Oratory 46galleries, see museums &

galleriesGap of Dunloe 36-7, 84-5gardens, see parks

& gardensgenealogical centres 101golf 35, 70, 79, 106Great Blasket Island 91

Hhealth 120historic buildings

Bantry House 23Clock Gate Tower 74Cork City Gaol 24Derrynane House 20Derrynane National

Historic Park 35, 86Fota House 24Killarney House

& Gardens 78Knockreer House & Gardens

78-9Muckross House 37, 82Myrtle Grove 26Tarbert Bridewell Jail &

Courthouse 54Youghal 75

historic houses 70historic sites & ruins, see

also castles & fortsFahan beehive huts 45Franciscan Friary 105Gallarus Oratory 46

Grange Stone Circle 108-9Muckross Abbey 82Riasc Monastic

Settlement 46stone circles 36

history, see individual locationsholidays 121horse riding 36-5, 87

IInch 43Inisfallen 38insurance 111, 120internet 11, 13, 113, 117, 120

Kkayaking 64, 83-4, 100-1Kenmare 21, 36, 87-91Kilkee 56Killaloe 52Killarney 19, 30, 42-3, 78-82, 80Killorglin 20, 32, 85-6Kilmallock 109Kilrush 56

Llakes 37, 47, 82, 108language 12LGBTQI+ travellers 68, 119

Limerick City 53-4, 98-105, 102activities 100-1drinking 103-4eating 103entertainment 104history 98-9nightlife 103-4shopping 104sights 99-100sleeping 101-3tourist information 104travel within 104-5

Loop Head 56Lough Gur 108-9

Mmaps 112, 113markets 66, 72, 76measures 121medical services 120Midleton 25, 73-4000 Map pages

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mobile phones 13, 122money 12, 13, 120, 122motorcycle travel, see

drivingmountain biking 109mountains 33, 47Muckross Estate 37-8museums & galleries 24, 25

Adaire Heritage Centre 55Blasket Centre 45Celtic & Prehistoric

Museum 44Cobh, The Queenstown

Story 71Cork Butter Museum 63-4,

77Cork Public Museum 61Crawford Art Gallery 61Crawford Municipal Art

Gallery 77Dingle Peninsula Museum 46Foynes Flying Boat

Museum 54, 105Frank McCourt Museum 100Hunt Museum 53-4, 99Jameson Experience 73Kenmare Heritage

Centre 21Kenmare Lace and Design

Centre 21Kerry Bog Village Museum

32Kerry County Museum 48Lewis Glucksman Gallery

61, 63, 76Limerick City Gallery of Art

54, 99-100Lough Gur Heritage Centre

108maritime 24, 26, 71Muckross Traditional Farms

82-3Old Market House Arts

Centre 26Skellig Experience heritage

centre 33music 112, 114-15

Nnational parks & nature

reservesGlanteenassig Forest

Recreation Area 47Gougane Barra Forest Park 21

Killarney National Park 19, 37, 42-3, 82-4

Tralee Wetlands Centre 48

Oopening hours 121

Pparks & gardens

Bantry House 23Derrynane National Historic

Park 20, 35, 86Fota House Arboretum 24Fota House Arboretum &

Gardens 70Killarney House & Gardens

78Knockreer House & Gardens

78-9Muckross House 37Portumna Castle

& Gardens 52Vandeleur Walled Garden 56

parking 113-14photography 121Portumna 52public holidays 121

Rradio 111, 114-15Raleigh, Sir Walter 26Ring of Kerry 9, 29-39, 85-90River Shannon 52road distances 112road rules 111, 113Rossbeigh Strand 32Rough Point Peninsula 47ruins, see historic sites & ruins

Ssafety 112-13, 114, 115, 121-2sea travel 116Shannon River 52shopping, see individual

locationsSkellig Islands 88-9Skellig Ring 33Slea Head 44-5smoking 121Sneem 36Spike Island 71

Star Wars 87surfing 43, 47swimming 56

TTarbert 54-6taxes 122telephone 12, 13, 122time 121tipping 13Titanic 24, 71tourist information 122tours, see walking tours, boat

tours, individual locations

Tralee 48, 96transport 13, 116-23, see

also drivingtravel seasons 12

Vvacations 121Valentia Island 33VAT refunds 122vegetarian & vegan

travellers 119Ventry 44visas 12, 123

Wwalking tours

Cork 64Cork City 76-7Limerick City 101Youghal 75

water sports 36, 47, 92Waterville 33-5weather 12websites 11, 13, 113, 117weights 121whiskey 25, 73wi-fi 13, 120wildlife reserves 24wildlife-watching 21, 37

YYoughal 25-6, 74-5

Zzoos, see wildlife reserves

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OUR WRITER

NEIL WILSONNeil was born in Scotland and has lived there most of his life. Based in Perthshire, he has been a full-time writer since 1988, working on more than 80 guidebooks for various publishers, including the Lonely Planet guides to Scotland, England, Ireland and Prague. He has climbed and tramped in four continents, including ascents of Jebel Toubkal in Morocco, Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, the Old Man of Hoy in Scotland’s Orkney Islands and the North-west Face of Half Dome in California’s Yosemite Valley.

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