beautiful southern ireland

there is no other way to describe the southern coast of ireland than truly breathtaking. according to the owner of the local b&b we stayed at, the weather could not have been more perfect for our drive around the ring of kerry which started in scenic killarny.
the ring consists of beautiful coastal and countryside views passing though small towns with little shops and pubs.

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a sunday morning in killorglin. the only things open are the churches and the pubs 🙂

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beautiful views near cahersiveen:

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the beach near caherdaniel. yes, irish people actually attempting to get a tan and really most of them were turning into lobsters. someone should really tell them its a bad idea 🙂

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i love the sheep! a very important element of the irish landscape 🙂

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this is bob the sheep, he was particularly annoyed by our attempts to photograph him.

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the largest (and most intact) stone fort in ireland which, as it turns out, they do not know much about the people who lived inside…

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on the way back to killarney, we came up on the large national park and beautiful views of the three lakes in the area as the sun was setting…

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the next day, we decided to head back to the park for some hiking before we headed to kilkenny, we started at ross castle and headed on…

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