This is the seventh installment of our Ireland 2007 videos. This chapter covers our three days on the Iveragh Peninsula. After leaving Killarney National Park we headed towards Kenmare to drive clockwise around the Ring of Kerry. Our intent was to stop in either Portmagee or Ballinskellig in order to try and arrange a trip to Skellig Michael. The scenery was incredible on that first day, but the sadly the fog was kind of thick making it difficult to appreciate. We decided to spend the night in Ballinskellig and the Ballinskellig Inn (an old hotel with a fabulous pub attached). We woke up to a spectacular sunrise and then hiked down the beach to Ballinskellig Castle. After breakfast we called the captain and he said that the tides were low, but the weather was perfect so he said to meet at the docks at noon. With some spare time we backtracked towards Caherdaniel to take advantage of the clear sunny skies. Thank goodness we did, because we had no idea what we had missed in the fog. Back at the pier, we were disappointed to find that the tide was at a seasonal low and that the boat that would have taken us was beached. Rather dejected we set off towards Portmagee. We had originally planned to leave Iveragh after Skellig Michael, but decided that we didn't want to miss it so we found a room in Portmagee (at the lovely Portmagee Heights). After hiking all over Valentia Island (See Chapter 8) we drove around the Ring to Cahersiveen where we visited the stunning ruins of ...

• published: 03 Sep 2007
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