Sometimes you just need to create your own hikes and ignore the tour guides, or as these jaunts are called in Ireland … Walks! My process is to study Google Maps looking for interesting geological features and then switching over to satellite view for closer inspection. This is how Molly and I came to walk the area near and along the shores of Isknagahiny Lough (Lake). The satellite view had intrigued me becauses of rivers, lakes, forests (not as common in the old world), and farmland … all encompassed within only a three mile walk. This is the relevant satellite view from Google Maps of Isknagahiny Lough. as it turned out, our walk was part of the much, much longer Kerry Way.

Isknagahiny Lough Walk – The Remote Road

Isknagahiny Lough Walk – The River

Isknagahiny Lough Walk – The Lake & Boat Launch

Isknagahiny Lough Walk – Farm House and Waterfall

Isknagahiny Lough Walk – One of a HUGE number of Sheep Herds

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Isknagahiny Lough Walk – Flowers were everywhere!

And of course … birds! European Robins were everywhere along our walk. Our weather ranged from totally cloudy and damp to burst of sunshine. The robins and us preferred the sun!

Finally for my subscribers, I added some content to my previous post about our AirBnB Farmhouse. I am inserting that identical content at the end of this post such that you will receive the same benefit as folks who only read my website, but do not subscribe. Here goes … from the very end of the post: Irish Farmhouse Bathroom Birding.

I would wholeheartedly recommend renting our AirBnB (Cottage in County Kerry). Our host has been very responsive, and the listing is 100% accurate. Molly and love the location on the Skellig Ring which does NOT get the same tourist traffic as the nearby Ring of Kerry. Browse my Ireland posts from this blog to learn a bit of the nearby countryside. As we still have two days yet in Ireland, and I am a bit behind on posting content, the number of actual posts will yet increase.