Heritage Island, Ireland's Visitor Attractions

Tour of lovely West Cork to Killarney, via picturesque town of Kinsale. Visits today to the Great Famine Exhibition at the Skibbereen Heritage Centre, then to Ireland’s most south-westerly tip at the Mizen Head Signal Station for spectacular coastal views and history of Irish Lighthouse life. Stop at Bantry House, home to the ancestral home of the Earls of Bantry before continuing on to Kenmare to drive through the famous Ring of Kerry route to Killarney with opportunity en route to visit the Skellig Experience on Valentia Island, which tells the history and archaeology of the Skellig Rocks, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Explore the beautiful Lakes of Killarney before heading for Tralee and learn the history of Kerry from early times at the Kerry County Museum. Continue onto Crag Cave for a colourful wonderland of stalagmites and stalactites. A choice of staying a further night to tour the magnificent Dingle Peninsula, or head back for Cork via Millstreet and Macroom.

A busy day with a wide choice of fascinating heritage visits from the olden days to modern times, all within 50 miles of Cork city. A ‘must see’ visit is surely to legendary Blarney Castle, to kiss the famous ‘Stone of Eloquence'. Within a few short miles of each other lie
three very different but equally interesting centres: Fota House & Gardens, a lovely Regency house with extensive gardens and arboretum and adjoining Wildlife Park; Cobh Heritage Town, main port of massive Irish emigration to the New World in the 19th Century; and lift the hearts with the story of Irish whiskey at the Jameson Experience at Midleton. Only a little further lies Youghal Heritage Town, an attractive seaside resort. Take an inland route back to Cork and visit the charming Lismore Heritage Town, with its fine ducal Castle overlooking the lovely Blackwater River.

To best enjoy this Cork-Kerry Heritage Explorer order a Heritage Island Tour Guide and avail of some great discounts.