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Ardgroom Destination Guide

Explore Ardgroom in Ireland

Ardgroom in the region of Munster is a town in Ireland - some 189 mi or ( 304 km ) South-West of Dublin , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Ardgroom is now 09:25 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Dublin " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Derry, Lisburn, Belfast, Tralee, and Sneem. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Derry . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Ardgroom ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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video4.mov: 2012-09-25 Sneem in Ring of Kerry

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See the entire trip at www.everytrail.com. This town of 350 is the home of our guide and renowned Irish story-teller Batt Burns. Quaint and tidy town which makes it hard to leave. I love the stone wal ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Beara Peninsula

The Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It has two mountain ranges running down its centre: the Caha Mountains and the Slieve Miskish Mountains. The northern part of the peninsula from Kenmare to near Ardgroom is in County Kerry, while the rest forms the barony of Bear in County Cork.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 51.73 -9.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Baronies of County Cork, Beara peninsula, Important Bird Areas of the Republic of Ireland, Visitor attractions in County Cork

Derreen Garden

Derreen Garden lies on a promontory in the Bay of Kilmakilloge on the Beara Peninsula, near Kenmare in County Kerry. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816–1866) initiated the planting of the garden in 1863, but it was his son, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927), who from 1870 onwards gave the garden its present shape. Today it covers more than 60 acres and includes nearly 12 km of paths.

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Located at 51.77 -9.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Gardens in County Kerry, Petty-Fitzmaurice family, Visitor attractions in County Kerry

Tuosist GAA

Tuosist GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Tuosist in County Kerry, Ireland. It is the only Kerry club on the Beara Peninsula as all other clubs are in County Cork. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like in the county championships and as an individual club in other competitions like the Kerry County League division 3 and the Kerry Novice Football Championship. They are the Current Finnegan Cup holders. The club was founded in 1972.

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Located at 51.76 -9.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Kerry, Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry

Slieve Miskish Mountains

The Slieve Miskish Mountains are a small range of low sandstone mountains found at the extreme south-western tip of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in Ireland. Unlike the Caha Mountains, which lie further north on the peninsula, the Slieve Miskish Mountains lie entirely on the Cork side of the peninsula, part of which belongs to County Kerry. There are only four named mountain peaks in the range: Knocknagallaun, 376 m; Knockgour, 481 m; Knockoura, 490 m; and Miskish Mountain, 386 m.

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Located at 51.67 -9.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Beara peninsula, Mountains and hills of County Cork

Derryquin Castle

Derryquin Castle was an 18th century stone-built country house, now demolished, in the Parksanilla estate in Sneem, County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. It stood on the Ring of Kerry route some 40 km (25 miles) south-west of Killarney. Designed by local architect James Franklin Fuller, the house comprised a three storey main block with a four storey octagonal tower rising through the centre and a two storey, partly curved wing. The building was equipped with battlements and machiolations.

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Located at 51.82 -9.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in County Kerry