Antiquities | History | Antiquities The dolmens of Co. Kerry (Self Catering, Kerry, Ireland) number, according to Borlase, twenty-two. Two in the townland of Gortna-gulla may be mentioned, as they have been examined and planned in recent years. Both are wedge-shaped structures and belong to a type common in the South of Ireland. Several stone circles of interest arc also to be seen, among the most important being that of Liosavigeen, about three miles from Killarney. It consists of seven stones, which ... Read More

Botany | Topography | Zoology | Botany Lough Derg is the lower of the two great lake-like expansions of the Shannon, the other, Lough Ree, lying further up the river. Save at its southern end, where he lake is embosomed in hills of Silurian slate, the winding shores are. formed of low-lying limestones, and the numerous islands arc composed of the same rock. Botanical interest centres on the low, uncultivated islets and reefs, and on the sloping, stony shores. Here ... Read More

Westward a few miles, across the deep gash in which lies the Upper Lake of Killarney, Macgillicuddys Recks rise head and shoulders above the surrounding sea of hills. Those arc a beautiful group of lofty cones, with steep sides and many imposing cliff ranges, and deep coombs in which lie dark tarns. The loftiest, Carrantuohill, the highest mountain in Ireland, attains 3414 ft., and several of the other peaks exceed 3000 ft. At the cast end of the Reeks the famous Gap ... Read More

The breeding season, including Common Sandpipers, Redshanks, Kinged Plovers, Common Terns, Black-headed dulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Red-breasted Mergansers, Tufted Ducks, Shovellers, and Great Crested Grebes. These species, in greater or less number, constitute the fauna of most of the lakes of the province. On the mountains the Raven, Peregrine, and Merlin are familiar residents; Curlew, and Golden Plover, nest on the lonely moors. The Ring Ouzel, and numbers of Stonechats, and Wheatears haunt the heaths; and Grey Wagtails, and Dippers are familiar denizens ... Read More

Co. Kerry contains many forts of the Cashel type, the best-known example of these being Staigue Fort, situated in Kilcrohan parish, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry (Accommodation, Kerry, Ireland). It is composed of a circular wall 89 ft. in diameter, nearly 13 ft. thick at the base, and 7 ft. at the top. On the north and west sides the wall is 18 ft. high; the north side of the wall is still perfect, and the coping-stones are flags about 3 feet ... Read More