Ring Of Kerry 2016
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- čas přidán 20. 03. 2016
- Ring of Kerry in Ireland. This video takes you on a drive from Killorglin clockwise to Killarney, Kenmare, Sneem, Waterville, Cahersiveen and finishes back in Killorglin. It's an awesome drive. Among the most beautiful in the world
did this tour over course of a single day last June (2022), spectacular weather and gorgeous views.
I drove between Killarney and Kenmare August 2020 and noticed that 100 km/h signs have been replaced by 80 km/h. Very sensible
Wonderful. Thankyou so much x
Thank you for sharing - loved it.
I am just back from 6 wonderful days in Ireland driving the peninsulas of West Cork and Kerry. October days are short, the clocks changed a couple of days before I did the Ring of Kerry, so I didn't get to go off the main routes that often as time was against me. As I had High Kings shows on consecutive nights in Dunmanway and Kenmare, I just drove Kenmare to Killorglin before the Dingle Peninsula, doing Killarney on my final morning before flying from Kerry back to London. I didn't have any video, but I have just added a slideshow of my trip to my channel that you may enjoy. I agree with you on the speed limits, for too high on some of those roads!!
Great video! We did this drive May 2017. And doing it again Sept. 2020 in a RV
Glad I'm not driving that route next week. Thanks for giving me a good feel for it.
Thanks for the great video! We’ll be there at end of March and I’ll be doing the driving and appreciate you pointing out the great spots.
instablaster.
Thanks for sharing. We drove it counter clockwise. We did not video any of the drive itself so this was nice to watch to relive the ride.
next time you're there, leave at or just before dawn from Killarney, and clockwise. Remember to turn left at Mol's Gap, and you're all set. The most beautiful place I've ever been to. An almost hidden favorite of mine is here:
www.google.ca/maps/place/52%C2%B004'16.0%22N+9%C2%B053'03.0%22W/@52.0711455,-9.8841155,3a,90y,195.74h,77.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNxGOazDwFcqTWt5YuXz3Jw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d52.0710981!4d-9.8841675
Hope the google link works - check out the street view or the shared google images. A place you'll thank yourself for bringing a camera for.
Thsnks great videos
Video very well done and great place
Love all the beautiful views wish I was there
Thanks for sharing😃
We were supposed to go there next month but Covid..... so we plan on October/ November 2021. Hopefully that will work.
Your video makes me a bit nervous but we survived Cornwall England in 2017 so it looks similar. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment. The road between Killarney and Moll's Gap is windy meaning cars drive slow. If one gives oneself time, there should be no issues
Pretty much all rural roads here in Ireland are 100 km/h. But this is a speed limit, not a target.
nice itinerary with a few good shots in it, thanks for sharing.
Relax though, you might want to remember that those beautiful red frames around the signs mean 100 km/h is the maximum permitted speed (in fact, "less or equal" is the logic behind that sign). Clearly, that means you don't need to go at 100 km/h. On the British Isles, the idea of the reasonable person taking care of themselves is still much more alive than in over-regulated Denmark (let alone Norway, Sweden and similarly bureaucratic "dream" countries).
So obviously no one's "kidding you". An official sign on a pole does not mean you have to bow for it. Not everyone is Scandinavian :) after all, welcome to the real world...
Your problem if you get it wrong.
Thanx for the footage,going there within 2 weeks. How long does it take to ride the ring by car and stopping occasionally like you did?
The tour takes 4 to 6 hours depending on the trafic and the weather and whether you stop for coffee breaks and/or meals. If nice weather, you want to stop to enjoy the views. If trafic, it can slow you down. Never plan to do it in just 3 hours
Paul, Thanks for sharing your video. I've used it as a recon for research. We hope to get to Ireland in 2019 or 20. I like the way you coupled your clips with the maps, well done. I've been looking for a simple way to serve up my Dash Cam footage of the Lake District. May I copy your style?
May I also make a few suggestions based on my travel experience? 1. The Viofo A119 is an inexpensive Dashcam that records audio, $95. I mount it to the rental car windscreen with a GoPro suction mount. It can record you location and audio. The shifting of gears and the engine audio adds a lot to the film experience. If you use the Dashcam's 2K image and audio track as your primary footage, you can use your GoPro or DSLR for interesting cutaways. Any trip related conversation between you (camera person?) and your driver(s) can be recorded or NOT. Via that dialogue you can deliver instructive information about the drive to the viewer. Instead of holding a camera out the window, you can be reading the travel notes from travel brochures. If you don't like the way that sounds, you can redo it with a voice over. But the information will be captured at the right location in the video The audio recording function has a convenient on/off switch.
2. With the GPS power block, and extra $12, Google compatible Coordinates and date and time are printed on the video. You and your audience can look up specific locations.
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Thanks for your comments, Richard. Sure you can copy the style. Great to be of inspiration. If you are going to do the Ring of Kerry, then I may as well reveal that the town in the beginning is actually not Killorglin, but Glenbeigh. I made a blunder!
I can see that ads has now been added at the start of my video. I haven't added ads and I disapprove of any kind of ads on my videos
Very nice
Video very well done. Just got back last month. Saw stuff in your video that I missed-HA!--We also drove clockwise. I don't think it makes that much difference going clockwise or counterclockwise or anticlockwise.
I hope you had a lovely drive. I agree it doesn't make much difference. It's a personal preference. I prefer it clockwise because the trafic builds up during the morning on the road from Killarney to Kenmare and you wish to avoid this. That said, one can decide to finish the tour off on the most beautiful part - the road from Kenmare to Killarney
If I remember, isn't there a Gaelic Footballer statue near the Chaplin statue at Waterville?
There might be, but I actually don't know
That would be Mick O’Dwyer
Savage place in the world
8:54 went to Lobster when i was in Waterville
Ladies' view. in Killarney, is the most beautiful sight in Ireland and I've been all over it. You didn't stop!?
@Nautilus1972, I have stopped several times at the Ladies View, for example when I have taken friends and family on a round trip. I just didn't prioritize the Ladies View in this video because so many other videos describe Ladies View
Please lads, if ye be on your hols
Cead Mile Failte.
Some of us actually live and work there and have places to go. Please, please move in where it is safe to let local traffic pass you..that is massively appreciated. The roads are crazy anyways.
I've driven the full ring no fewer than a dozen times as tourist - and my utmost priority is either keeping up or getting out of the way. Surprisingly, there are many places to pull over to make way for the faster ones. I find the best time to drive the ring of Kerry is very early in the morning. I'd leave about 30 mins before dawn in Killarney, and sometimes be to Sneem without seeing more than 2 cars. I travel to Ireland off season (the end of October being my little secret, since nothing beats Dublin on Halloween). I'm a pretty fast but courteous driver, and drive a Subaru WRX here in Canada so terrain and speed are nothing new - but I'm amazed with the skill of Kerry drivers. Mind you, I'm stuck in a crappy rental car (Nissan Micra or Renault Clio) doing 80 around corners no Micra was designed for, in rain and 90km/h winds, and I'll have someone come up from behind in a tall delivery van and when I yield to them, they're doing rally speeds. I like to think I know a lot about the ring's roads, corners, climbs, nuances - but driving a bakery van around the ring like that, you'd have to be Sebastien Loeb himself. As rustic as the ring can be, the roads are (almost all) in a perfect state. The paint is always visible too. A couple of gripes I have are the bicycles (how suicidal must you feel to ride a bike on the ring), the new EU funded road barriers (replacing the beautiful stone walls, but certainly safer) and graffiti. Every town's got some gobshite tagger, but their routine is a tourist's idea of heaven, and to see "Gerrys are stemers" or "Bjork is a huer" scrawled across an ancient stone fence is a bit heartbreaking. Shout out to Mr O'Sullivan of Sneem for letting me use the loo in his store last year - I believe my quote was, "I could have pished a hole through sheet metal". One way of knowing the population of a town in Kerry is by checking the roadside noticeboard about what the bingo draw is worth. If it's in the $ thousands -> big town. Oh, word of advice - get extra insurance when driving a rental around the ring. It's not just accidents, but the likelihood of scraping along branches or brush when pulled over. Tucking your right side wing-mirror in and instead doing a shoulder-check can give you a few precious inches of extra space to worm through tight spots. Rental companies in Ireland are no different from the rest of the world, with someone intent on finding a scratch that wasn't there (or was, you just didn't document it) upon return. With the extra insurance, you can throw them the keys to a smoldering heap and walk away with your reward points.
+Baconator James Fair Play, my Lovely. May the Angels speed you on your way back.
How long it took to drive this route? Thanks
Ring of Kerry takes around 4 to 6 hours to drive. You can do it faster, yes, but don't try to go below 3 hrs
Great video
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Virtual rail
9:40 They're called 'sheep'.
The Lake Hotel not Lakeview Hotel. Wife and I stay there at least 3 days every year for the last 4 years in early Nov.The Huggard family and hotel staff are top notch. Huggard ale is pretty good also.
Thanks. I've always known it as the Lakeview Hotel, I shall be more careful next time...
How long did your drive and stops take all together?
Hardly under 3 hours - if so, you'll have missed half of it! If the weather is fine, you can spend 5 hours on the drive, maybe even 6 hours incl. lunch
Great video. Is the suggested route of the Ring clockwise or counterclockwise?
It's clockwise
@@poulmadsen7969 Thank you Poul!
Go clockwise .
@@poulmadsen7969 yeah so the buses come facing you.
Beautiful.scenery.
Roundabouts in kilarney???
That's right. There are a good few roundabouts, both on the bypass, but also in or near the city centre
I don't know if I can drive on the opposite side of the road I know I would end up driving the wrong way at some point.....
I am Danish, so I know exactly how you feel. But if you are driving in a town, you simply follow the cars in front of you, so no prob, and if you are driving on a country side road with no cars, it's hardly a prob if you end up in the wrong side as long as you discover the mistake. But never fall back on routine incl. driving habits! I find it's a bloody good exercise to always keep my mind on the road and never fly away in thoughts. That's how you prevent accidents
You must never drive on the wrong side of the road anywhere ever ! A country road with no cars around ? Except for the one around the next bend ! A child wouldn't say something as ridiculous as what you posted.
Can you bike along the Ring of Kerry?
Yes, you can bike, however, the roads are very narrow
Yes if you are very fit