Wool craft and knitting workshops offer a hands-on way to connect with the landscape, history, and people of Ireland’s Iveragh Peninsula. Across the Skellig…
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Wool craft and knitting workshops along the Skellig Coast
Coastal Defence Forts of the Iveragh Peninsula
The Iveragh Peninsula is often associated with mountain passes, stone forts, monastic islands and dramatic Atlantic scenery. Yet its coastline also preserves a…
A History Of Valentia Island Lighthouse Keepers
On Valentia Island, the lighthouse at Cromwell Point stands where the Atlantic meets Valentia Harbour. Its white tower, keeper’s houses, boundary walls and…
The Architecture Of The Martello Towers Along The Kerry Coast
The stone towers associated with Ireland’s coastal defences belong to a period when Britain feared invasion by Napoleonic France. Built mainly in the early…
How the Skellig Coast Shaped Paudig O’Sullivan’s Poetry
The Skellig Coast is a place where landscape carries memory. Along the road from Kells to Castlecove, mountains, islands, coves and townlands form more than a…
Lifeboat Rescue and Maritime Safety on the Skellig Coast
The Skellig Coast is shaped by the sea. From Valentia Harbour and Portmagee to Waterville Bay, boats, swimmers, anglers, surfers, divers and coastal walkers…
Skellig Coast Sunset Photography Spots
The Skellig Islands rise from the Atlantic beyond the western edge of the Iveragh Peninsula, creating one of Ireland’s most recognisable coastal scenes.…
Bog Walking and Turf Cutting Traditions on the Iveragh Peninsula
Across the Iveragh Peninsula, bogland is both a landscape to explore and a record of how people lived. The open, russet-coloured uplands around Kerry have…
How St Finian’s Bay Found Its Surfing Rhythm
St Finian’s Bay sits on the Atlantic edge of the Iveragh Peninsula, where the road narrows, the hills open towards the sea, and the Skellig coast feels…
Skate And Ray Species In The Coastal Waters Around Valentia
The waters around Valentia Island sit at an important meeting point between sheltered coastal habitats and the open Atlantic. Rocky shores, sandy bays,…