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outside Tralee is the authentic
Blennerville Wind mill. Opposite
the windmill is the Lee Valley
Park, where a wetlands centre
and eco-park opened in 2012. The
Steam Railway connects the park
with Tralee along a narrow gauge
track. The train also runs from
Ballyard Station to the windmill.
E Kerry County Museum
Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny St. Tel 066
712 7777. Open Jan–May & Sep–Dec:
9:30am–6pm Tue–Sat; Jun–Aug:
9am–5:30pm daily; 10am–5pm Sun &
bank hol Mon. Closed 1 week at
Christmas. & 7 =
F Siamsa Tíre
Town Park, Denny St. Tel 066 712 Gallarus Oratory, a dry-stone early Christian church
3055. Open for performances May–
Sep. & 7 popular tourist centre. Brightly 5 Gallarus Oratory
E Blennerville Windmill Lane painted craft shops and cafés Road map A5. Co Kerry.
Tel 066 712 1064. Open Apr–Oct: abound, often with slightly @ to Dingle. Tel 064 663 2402.
daily. & 0 = hippy overtones. Open May–Aug: 10am–6pm.
Dingle Bay is attractive, with 8 (Apr–Sep)
£ Steam Railway a ramshackle harbour lined
Ballyard Station. Tel 066 712 1064. with fishing trawlers. Along the Shaped like an upturned
Open May–Sep: daily. & 7
quayside are lively bars offering boat, this miniature church
music and seafood. The harbour overlooks Smerwick Harbour.
is home to Dingle’s biggest star: It was built some time between
4 Dingle Fungi, the dolphin, who has the 6th and 9th cen turies and
been a permanent resident is the best-pre served early
Road map A5. Co Kerry. * 2,000.
@ Apr–Oct. n Strand St (066 915 since 1984 and can be visited Christian church in Ire land. It
1188). ( Fri. ∑ discoverireland.ie/ by boat or on swimming trips. represents the apogee of dry-
southwest Other sea creatures can be seen stone corbelling, using tech-
at Ocean World, a great attrac tion niques first developed by
This once remote Irish-speaking with breathtaking underwater Neolithic tomb-makers. The
town is today a thriving fishing tunnels that bring visitors face stones were laid at a slight
port and an increasingly to face with the local sea life. angle, allowing water to run off.

Fishing trawlers moored alongside the quay at Dingle

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