Qualla: Ring of Kerry https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/z/ring-of-kerry-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Ring of Kerry https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry Ring of Kerry: Introduction https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry/ Photo credit XeresNelro, CC BY-SA 4.0. All the tour buses go the same way. Anti-clockwise, from Killarney through Killorglin first, because the road is too narrow for two coaches to pass each other in places, and someone, somewhere, decided that everyone would simply have to agree. So they do. And if you drive yourself, the locals will tell you to go the other direction, clockwise toward Kenmare, so you meet the buses head-on at the few wide spots instead of trailing them for hours. This is the kind of thing the Ring of Kerry decides for you - 179 kilometres of road threaded around the Iveragh Peninsula in the southwest of Ireland, through mountains and lake country and along an Atlantic coast that does not let up.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/z/ring-of-kerry-wp/gc0z-ring-of-kerry-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ring of Kerry: The Loop the Land Made https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry/ Photo credit Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0. The route is essentially a circle pinned to County Kerry's geography: the N71 south from Killarney to Kenmare, then the N70 around the peninsula through Sneem, Waterville, Cahersiveen, and Glenbeigh, then the N72 back to where you started. The road follows what the land allows - ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/z/ring-of-kerry-wp/gc0z-ring-of-kerry-the-loop-the-land-made.mp3 0:06 2 full Ring of Kerry: What the Drive Holds https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry/ Photo credit Niels Elgaard Larsen - (WT-en) Elgaard at English Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Within the Ring sits Killarney National Park, with Lough Leane and the ruins of Ross Castle on its shore, the cascade at Torc Waterfall, and Muckross House looking out at the lakes. Further around, the road passes Staigue stone fort - a circular drystone enclosure built two mille...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/z/ring-of-kerry-wp/gc0z-ring-of-kerry-what-the-drive-holds.mp3 0:06 3 full Ring of Kerry: Sat-Navs and Tour Buses https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry/ Photo credit Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0. In 2008, news outlets reported that satellite navigation systems were sending tour-bus drivers in the wrong direction around the Ring, against the unwritten agreement that had governed coach traffic for years. The story made the Irish papers because the implications were geometri...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/z/ring-of-kerry-wp/gc0z-ring-of-kerry-sat-navs-and-tour-buses.mp3 0:06 4 full Ring of Kerry: A Drive That Outlasts the Driving https://qualla.com/ring-of-kerry/ Photo credit Raúl Corral, CC BY-SA 3.0. What lingers after the Ring is not usually the road itself. It is the cumulative effect of a coastline that refuses to repeat itself - Rossbeigh's long sandy curve, the rock-strewn approach to Coomakista Pass, the moment near Caherdaniel where the road climbs and the whole Kenmar...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/z/ring-of-kerry-wp/gc0z-ring-of-kerry-a-drive-that-outlasts-the-driving.mp3 0:06 5 full