Above: In Munster County Kerry, in the south-west corner of Ireland, is pierced by deep bays or inlets, which cut the land into long and narrow peninsulas. No words can describe the bold, wild, rugged, and much indented coast, against which the great Atlantic waves are for ever beating. The Shannon mouth, Tralee Bay, Dingle Bay, and Kenmare Bay, are the chief openings. There are many capes and bold headlands, ... Read More

Above: View in Munster The most mountainous part of Ireland is the south-west of Munster. The Macgillicuddy Reeks, in County Kerry, contain the highest summits in the whole island. CarnTual, the highest of all, is 3,404 feet above the sea-level. The famous and beautiful Lakes of Killarney are in the midst of these mountains. Read More

Above: View in West Cape Dunmore Head, the point of a peninsula in County Kerry , is the most westerly point of Ireland. Loop Head, in County Clare, is also at the end of a peninsula. It is a bare headland, rising two hundred feet straight from the waves, A huge pillar of rock of the same height as the cape is separated from it by a fearful chasm about thirty feet wide and two hundred feet deep. At the bottom of this ... Read More