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The Best Attractions In Glenbeigh

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Glenbeigh or Glanbehy is a town and civil parish in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The area is on the Iveragh peninsula, which is the largest peninsula in southwestern Ireland. The parish is home to Rossbeigh Beach, Coomasahran Lake, a number of rock art sites, the natterjack toad and Kerry bog pony. Owing to its natural heritage, history and its location on the Ring of Kerry, Glenbeigh is a tourist destination. Glenbeigh is surrounded by a horseshoe of hills and the Seefin Mountains. The Caragh and Behy rivers flow at either side of the village into Castlemaine Harbour.
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The Best Attractions In Glenbeigh

  • 1. Rossbeigh Beach Glenbeigh
    Rossbeigh, or Rossbehy, is a beach located approximately 1.6 km from the village of Glenbeigh, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Ring of Kerry on the Iveragh Peninsula. Rossbeigh is part of the Castlemaine Harbour Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, and proposed Natural Heritage Area . These organisations consider Rossbeigh an important habitat for flora and fauna and wish to preserve the area.
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  • 4. Kerry Bog Village Museum Glenbeigh
    The Kerry Bog Pony is a mountain and moorland breed of pony that originated in Ireland. Possibly descended from the Irish Hobby horse, it originally lived a mainly feral existence in the peat bogs of what is now County Kerry in southwestern Ireland. Local inhabitants used the ponies as pack and cart horses for transporting peat and kelp to the villages. The breed developed physical characteristics including a low weight-to-height ratio and an unusual footfall pattern, which helped it move on soft ground such as peat bogs. The ponies were known for hardiness and an ability to survive in harsh conditions. War, increasing mechanisation and declines in the local small-farm population almost resulted in the breed's extinction. In 1994, a local man found and genetically tested a herd of 20 ponie...
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  • 8. Inch Beach Inch
    Inch Island ) is an island in Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland.
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  • 9. Derrynane Beach Caherdaniel
    Derrynane Abbey is a ruined abbey in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. It is located near the town of Caherdaniel and is very close to Derrynane House, the house of Daniel O'Connell. Derrynane Abbey is on an island appropriately named Abbey Island. It is accessible from the mainland through a beach. It is believed to have been built in the 6th century.
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  • 10. Kilkee Cliff Walk Kilkee
    Kilkee is a small coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the parish of Kilkee, formerly Kilfearagh. Kilkee is midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road. The town is popular as a seaside resort. The horseshoe bay is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by the Duggerna Reef.
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  • 11. Garnish Island Glengarriff
    Garnish Island , is an island in Glengarriff harbour, part of Bantry Bay in southwest Ireland, which is a popular tourist attraction. The Office of Public Works, which maintains the gardens on the island, uses the name Ilnacullin to differentiate it from Garinish Island in County Kerry.
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  • 13. Gougane Barra National Forest Park Gougane Barra
    Gougane Barra is a settlement, west of Macroom in County Cork, Ireland.
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