Find Things To Do In Kerry

Kerry, Irish Ciarra, is a county in Munster, Ireland’s southwest province. Kerry is bordered on the east by the counties of Limerick and Cork, and on the south, west, and north by the Atlantic Ocean or its inlets. The major highlands of Kerry are composed of sandstone and are among Ireland’s highest mountains. Kerry is home to three of Ireland’s six Atlantic peninsulas, as well as a portion of a fourth. These are made up of high ridges that are occasionally crossed by deep valleys and are bordered by lowlands. Kerry Head Peninsula, the most northerly, is 7 miles (11 km) long; the Dingle Peninsula, which stretches nearly 40 miles (64 km) from Tralee to the Blasket Islands; the Iveragh Peninsula, which is 30 miles (48 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide and continues the line of hills (Macgillycuddy’s Reeks) from western County Cork to Valencia Island; and the Beara Peninsula, which is 30 miles (48 km) long and 15 miles On the Dingle Peninsula, Baurtregaum (2,798 feet [853 metres]) and Brandon Mountain (3,127 feet [953 metres]) are the highest points, while on the Iveragh Peninsula, Mangerton (2,756 feet [840 metres]) and Carrantuohill (3,414 feet [1,041 metres]) are the highest points.  Kerry’s winters are moderate; vegetation thrives all year, cattle may be pastured in the winter, and arbutus trees of Mediterranean provenance flourish in the forests near Killarney. Annual rainfall is substantial, and remains of woods from drier climatic periods can be found in some of the deep peat bogs.