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Our favourite roads, passes and viewpoints across the peninsulas of Cork and Kerry.

West Cork

  • St Finbarr's lakeside oratory at Gougane Barra, West Cork

    Gougane Barra

    St Finbarr's lakeside oratory in its glacial valley — the last stop before home on the 2- and 4-day tours.

Mizen Head

  • Rugged Atlantic cliffs at Mizen Head

    Mizen Head

    The most south-westerly point of mainland Ireland — sea cliffs and the signal-station bridge.

Beara

  • Motorcycles pulled in before the rock tunnels on the Caha Pass

    Caha Pass

    The N71's rock tunnels between Glengarriff and Kenmare, blasted through the mountain in the 1840s.

  • The fishing harbour at Castletownbere under the Caha Mountains

    Castletownbere

    Ireland's biggest whitefish port, tucked under the Caha Mountains halfway round the Beara loop.

  • The Healy Pass switchbacks winding through the Beara Peninsula

    Healy Pass

    A serpentine mountain pass over the spine of the Beara Peninsula.

Iveragh

  • Motorcycles parked at the Coomakista Pass viewpoint over Derrynane Bay

    Coomakista Pass

    The high point of the Ring of Kerry road — Derrynane Bay and its islands spread out below.

  • Riders paused by the Wishing Bridge in the Gap of Dunloe

    Gap of Dunloe

    A single-track road squeezed between MacGillycuddy's Reeks and Purple Mountain — walking-pace riding at its best.

  • Cromwell Point lighthouse on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry

    Valentia Island

    Cromwell Point lighthouse at the island's tip — reached over the Portmagee bridge or the Knightstown ferry.

  • The Charlie Chaplin statue on Waterville's seafront, Ring of Kerry

    Waterville

    Charlie Chaplin's favourite holiday village, on the seafront of Ballinskelligs Bay.

  • A mountain road through the Iveragh hills near the Ballaghbeama Gap

    Ballaghbeama Gap

    A quiet, dramatic cut through the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks.

Dingle

  • Adventure bikes parked above Inch Beach on the Dingle Peninsula

    Inch Beach

    Five kilometres of strand looking across Dingle Bay to the Iveragh mountains.

  • On the high road over the Conor Pass

    Conor Pass

    One of Ireland’s highest mountain passes, with views over Dingle.

  • The Atlantic coast and islands near Slea Head

    Slea Head

    The turn on the Slea Head Drive, with the Blasket Islands offshore.