Dawn and Kevin

Before leaving Kinsale, we walked around the village one last time and stopped at the Post Office to mail the few postcards we’d written in Dalton’s the day before.  Then it was back into the car for the 2 hour drive to Killarney National Park.  Going to the park was actually a last minute decision; we didn’t really have anything else planned other than to possibly drive around the Ring of Kerry so we opted to make a visit to the park.

We programmed the information into our trusty GPS and hit the road.  The GPS always seemed to choose the most direct route to a location for us, unfortunately, when it comes to Irish roads, the most direct route is often the most treacherous.

After driving on that road, we got on to another that was a bit narrower, and can be seen in the video below.  We ended up entering the park via some back roads, one that is a two way road that is really not quite wide enough for a single car, and had grass growing in the center of it. Fortunately, no one else was foolish enough to use this local road (other than a farmer on his tractor) so we did not face any oncoming traffic that would have required someone to back up. Unfortunately, we do not have a video of that particular road, but here is a clip of the road that led to the smaller one.

We finally made it to a main road and found the entrance to the park.  After parking the car, we started wandering around, deciding to hike out to the Torq Waterfall.  It was a gorgeous day, the scenery was beautiful and we really enjoyed the park.  After we’d spent a few hours there, we got back in the car and headed toward Kenmare, where we were staying that evening.  The drive to Kenmare was along the Ring of Kerry, which goes through Killarney National Park. There were many times that we pulled over to take in the breathtaking scenery and views that seemed to go on forever.