Dorf · Co. Kerry
The Iveragh village on Derrynane Bay — “oak-wood of Fíonán” — with O’Connell’s house in the national park, the headland and its lighthouse to the south, and the Skellig boats out of Bunavalla.
Derrynane — officially Darrynane (Irish: Doire Fhíonáin, meaning “oak-wood of Fíonán”) — is a small village in the civil parish of Kilcrohane in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located on the Iveragh peninsula, just off the N70 national primary road near Caherdaniel, on the shores of Derrynane Bay. The bay is the village’s front garden: a wide, shallow sweep of sand and rock where the Iveragh opens onto the Atlantic.
The area is older than the village. A dolmen — a Stone Age passage grave — in the area may date from 3000 BC, and sites dating from 2000 BC are associated with the Beaker people who were mining for copper in the area. Saint Fionan founded a monastery in the area in the 6th century, and in the 18th century Derrynane harbour became a thriving centre for trade with France and Spain — the smuggling and legitimate trade of the west coast running through the same small harbour.
Derrynane is the site of Derrynane Abbey and Derrynane House. The house was the home of Daniel O’Connell and is now a National Monument and part of a 320-acre (1.3 km²) national historic park. Staigue Fort, one of Ireland’s finest examples of an ancient ringfort, is about 7 kilometres east from Derrynane, and another stone ringfort, Loher Cashel, lies 4 km to the northwest. To the south, Derrynane Head projects into the bay, its lighthouse the landmark that marks the entrance. In summer, sightseeing trips to the Skellig Islands leave from Bunavalla daily, weather dependent.
The village is just off the N70 near Caherdaniel; the headland and the bay are a short walk from the village, and the national historic park is on the way in. Pair it with Kenmare at the other end of the Iveragh, or with the Skellig boats at Bunavalla for a sea day.
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Derrynane puts the bay, the headland and O’Connell’s park all within a short drive — the Skellig boats are the bonus.
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The aquarium in Dingle town — penguins, sharks, Asian otters and rays under a glass dome on the main street, the classic rainy-day stop on the Iveragh and one of the best places in the country to do with kids.
A small, steep island off the Iveragh Peninsula, home to an early Christian monastery of beehive huts — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the great places in the country.
Two small islands off the Dingle Peninsula, home to a community until 1953 — now a nature reserve and one of the most important seabird colonies in Europe.
The principal settlement of the Iveragh Peninsula — “Little Sadhbh’s stone ringfort” — on the lower River Ferta, fifty kilometres west of Killarney, with the ringforts of Cahergall and Leacanabuaile in the townland.