Outside Killarney on the approach to Muckross House

The youngest member of our group explores the ruins of Muckross Abbey.

The bridge and road rising from “Meeting of the Waters.”

Ruins of an anonymous fortified house.

A the top of the long climb to Moll’s Gap.

Away from the tourists at a rustic stone circle outside Castletownbere.

Horses in a field along the road to Puxley Manor and Dunboy Castle.

The architectural mishmash of Puxley Manor in the distance.

A scenic rest on the long climb up to the Buddhist meditation center overlooking Bantry Bay.

The rugged coastline of Bantry Bay.

A boat returns to port in Castletownbere.

The ups and downs of the coast road from Castletownbere to Glengariff.

After arriving in Glengariff, our guide, Billy, drove us up to a pass overlooking the town and bay.

Seals sunning on the rocks as we rode a ferry out to Garnish Island.

In the gardens of Garnish Island.

In the gardens of Garnish Island.

In the gardens of Garnish Island.

In the gardens of Garnish Island.

The lakeside chapel in Gougane Barra, Ireland’s first national park. The hills behind were quite a climb out the next day.

Road in Gougane Barra.

The chapel in Gougane Barra lit by a setting sun.

The road climbing out of Gougane Barra.

Approaching the Top of Coom. From the pub here, it was downhill all the way back to Killarney.

My bike and the cat at Creedon’s Pub at the Top of Coom.