Glenbeigh Village on the World Famous "Ring of
Kerry"
In the heart of Ireland's most spectacular scenery, lapping up the Atlantic breezes, lies the peaceful village of Glenbeigh.Glenbeigh,
a tiny fishing and holiday village is situated on the northern lap
of the Ring of Kerry at the foot of the Seefin Mountain 10 km West
of Killorglin.A gentle village in the which to relax, framed by the Coomasaharn horse-shoe mountains to the south, Seefin, and Curra to the east and west and Slievemist to the North. It offers many places of great scenic beauty.It is the ideal location to enjoy the bracing outdoors. Excellent for fishing, horse-riding, golf, tennis, board-sailing, canoeing, hand-gliding, mountain walking and orienteering. Rossbeigh Strand (pictured left) is renowned not only for safe swimming but for adventure sports and paragliding
The main attraction of this village is the Superb Blue Flag beach,
Rosbeigh, which stretches over four kilometres with views across the
bay to the Dingle Mountains. This beautiful unpolluted beach
provides idealic conditions for swimming (there is a life guard on
duty during the day) walking, and with a number of mud flats found
on the eastern side of the land allows for some fantastic bird
watching.The village itself offers its own unique development providing
a cluster of authentic walk-around thatched cottages which show how
the people during the 1800’s lived. An Old Blacksmiths forge, the
Turfcutters house, a Stable dwelling and a Dairy house can all be
found amongst these cottages, all on view for the tourist. As well
as this, just outside the village the remains of Whyn’s castle can
be found, thus offering the visitor another historical site to
visit.
Despite
its size there are a number of lively spots to be found in the
village with the most popular of those being ‘Sweeneys’ and
‘The Tower Hotel’. Both of these serve bar food and both
traditional and Rock music can be found in the Tower Hotel. The town
is probably at its liveliest during its festival held in the month
of August, where a number of races occur along the beach and which
seems to attract a huge amount of tourists.The people of Glenbeigh village will make you welcome. They will entertain you in cosy old world pubs with traditional music, song, dance and storytelling. You will find restaurants serving simple meals, local specialities and gourmet delicacies.
Glenbeigh is a place of great beauty and character - come, see, and enjoy for yourself!
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