On our way to the Ring of Kerry we passed through the Village of Killorglin. The village holds a festival every year in which a wild goat is captured and put in a cage on a platform 40 feet in the air for three days. During the Puck Fair the pubs are open late and everyone has a good time except the goat.

 
   
   
   
 

Peat mounds.

 
 

Although the weather didn't cooperate, the Ring of Kerry was beautiful area.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

This statue commemorates St. Brendan The Navigator's legendary use of a local fishing boat called a currick to cross the Atlantic in the sixth century.

 
 

We saw this statue of Charlie Chaplin along the road. This area was a favourite holiday spot of Charlie Chaplin. They first visited the town in 1959 and came back every year for over ten years. and his family.

 
 

The roads we traveled in this part of Ireland were unbelievably narrow.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

Muckross House, Gardens and Traditional Farms is Kerry's premier visitor attraction. Set in the heart of Killarney National Park.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

Garnish Island is located in the sheltered harbour of Glengarriff in Bantry Bay, in Southwest Ireland. Garnish is world renowned for its gardens which are laid out in beautiful walks and it has some stunning specimen plants which are rare in this climate. It rained the whole time we were there but the beauty of the place wasn't diminished.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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