Geography of Kerry
CBÉS 0438
Leathanach 308
Boundaries:
Length , 60 mls, Breadth 98 mls, Mt. Eagle. East and westerly points. Area 1,185: 918 acres. Two fiords, Dingle and Kenmare Bay divide it into 3 parts: [?] North Kerry Hills start at Gortatlea, form Baurtregaun, Cahir-Connee, Brandon and Mt. Eagle
Iveragh: Dunkenin North & South, Corkaguiney contain Carrantuohill; Lakes of Killarney.Coast from Brandon Head, Ballydavid, Lybil, and Dunmore in Corkaguiney around to Inch, Valencia. Islands: Blaskets, Skelligs, Scariff.
Red Sand Stone, Donoghue of Killarney palace under lakesBeehive cells, stone-roofed oratories, pilgrims roads and legends tell of early Christian period. Saints and holy men, castles and keeps, abbeys, tell of friars of Norman periods. Physical features:
Flora, trees, insects, Railways and cycling, Mountain passes.
Windy Gap, Molls Gap, Balloughbeama, Coomakesta, Ballyoughiskeen, Connor Hill.
Industries, agriculture, fishing, convent & cottage, industries, mining and quarrying.
Length , 60 mls, Breadth 98 mls, Mt. Eagle. East and westerly points. Area 1,185: 918 acres. Two fiords, Dingle and Kenmare Bay divide it into 3 parts: [?] North Kerry Hills start at Gortatlea, form Baurtregaun, Cahir-Connee, Brandon and Mt. Eagle
Iveragh: Dunkenin North & South, Corkaguiney contain Carrantuohill; Lakes of Killarney.Coast from Brandon Head, Ballydavid, Lybil, and Dunmore in Corkaguiney around to Inch, Valencia. Islands: Blaskets, Skelligs, Scariff.
Red Sand Stone, Donoghue of Killarney palace under lakesBeehive cells, stone-roofed oratories, pilgrims roads and legends tell of early Christian period. Saints and holy men, castles and keeps, abbeys, tell of friars of Norman periods. Physical features:
Flora, trees, insects, Railways and cycling, Mountain passes.
Windy Gap, Molls Gap, Balloughbeama, Coomakesta, Ballyoughiskeen, Connor Hill.
Industries, agriculture, fishing, convent & cottage, industries, mining and quarrying.