Dash Cam Journey's To Killarney Part 2
Part 2 – We continue along the N22 from Ballyvourney. Have you noticed in part 1 the lack of traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, roundabouts? This is the reality of driving on most routes in Ireland. I mention the lack of public transport in West Cork and how important it is to have access to a car. If you notice, at the 3min and 33 second mark into this video, we pass a big red coach – well, this is actually a bus. This is what we have here for public transport and these link the major towns, however, in most actual towns there is no local service, so you can get from town to town within reason, but you cannot get around the towns by bus! The service is irregular at it’s best and to give you an idea, the service that links Macroom to Killarney starts at 9.30am and then at 10.30am. Then nothing until 12.15 and every hour until 18.15 and then nothing until the last one at 21.15.
However, coming from Killarney TO Cork – starts at 7am, then at 8.30 and every hour to 14.30, then 16.30, 17.30 and final one at 18.30.
The above is one of the more regular services – some routes run just once or twice a day or not at all.
Anyway, I digress. We drive up and over the county border, through the village of Glenflesk and arrive at the recycling centre only to find it closed for lunch, so I continue to Tesco in Killarney, and go shopping. I leave you (virtually stranded, although you could always catch a bus!) in Tesco car park, hoping that you enjoyed the drive. Future drives will be a Killarney town tour, a run to Baltimore, Kenmare and Bantry and other scenic journeys.