Wednesday May 22 – Very excited about today’s trip out. We headed west along the Ring of Kerry road and the Wild Atlantic Way. We stopped at the Kerry Bog Village Museum which was very interesting. The smell of peat fires in the buildings brought lots of memories of our visits North in Orkney from years go by. We loved the thatched roofs on the houses. We then drove a little further to the town of Rossbeigh. There was a fantastic beach there that was being used by people, dog walkers and horseback riders. We enjoyed the beach a while and then head further west to the village of Cahersiveen. I had found that some family members had stayed her in the early 1800’s but we didnt find any of them in the graveyards we could find. We had nice lunch here and then we continued on our way to Portmagee. We had booked a boat tour out to the Skellig Islands. They filmed Star Wars: the Force Awakens here. The scenes were of them finding Luke. It was a very interesting tour. The views were spectacular. We were 3 days to early to actually land on the island and walk up. After the boat ride we returned to our cottage and walked up to Kate Kearney’s Cottage for a wonderful meal and live music and Irish Dancing.
Kerry Bog Village 
Bog Village – A peat fire 
Bogg Village 
Rossbeigh Beach 
Carerisveen 
Portmagee Harbour 
Our ride to the Skelligs 
Portmagee 
Seal 
Kerry Cliffs 
Kerry Cliffs 
Gannet 
Fulmar 
Our first veiw of the Skelligs 
Little Skellig 
Skellig Michael 
Skellig Michael 
Skellig Michael 
Skellig Michael 
Skellig Michael 
Looking back at Little Skellig 
A last look at Skellig Michael 
Gap of Dunloe 
Here’s your sign 
Delicious 
Live Music @ Kate Kearney’s Cottage
