Kooky Kerry

We take a break from the diddley-eye tourism Kerry has become known for and show you the real Kerry — no Kerry Man jokes, promise!

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What you might see

☘The festival crowning a goat kinga wild goat enthroned over the town for three days
☘A mad wella holy well with a reputation for curing the afflicted
☘Charlie Chaplin's vacation statuea bronze to the star's favourite Kerry holidays
☘The Last Jedithe island monastery that doubled as a film location
☘Wife carrying championshipscouples racing an obstacle course, one carried
☘An abandoned film set villagea purpose-built street left standing after the shoot
☘A faux-pub (the teases)a pub-fronted building that never served a pint
☘A mountain pass carved by handa narrow road blasted through the rock in the 1800s
☘A famine-era relief road to nowherebuilt to give work, ending in open bog