Spinning off south-west Ireland’s famous tourist route, there’s a less-visited crock of Kerry gold amid the islands, peaks and cliffs of the Skellig Ring
The 180km Ring of Kerry drive in south-west Ireland is justly famous – with stunning panoramas of bays, inlets, lakes and mountains, and views to the Unesco world heritage site (and location of the latest Star Wars film) of Skellig Michael island (pictured above), 12km off the tip of the Iveragh peninsula. But there is a lesser-known alternative, that is original, eye-opening, and avoids the tour buses that clog the Ring’s roads, especially in summer.
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