The annual guided walking festival – Kerry Camino – took place over the May Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th May. 250 pilgrims left St. Johns Church, Tralee following a blessing from Fr. Padraig Walsh. The St. Brendan the Navigator Festival (3rd to 19th May) was also launched. Friday’s route took walkers along the Canal …
Trail Work
There was a place on the Trail that was unstable so we have put a rope on it to help steady the walkers as they with Dingle way Permission of course
We are going to give a mastodon a try
I am planning to give the social network a try. It is supposed to be like twitter but it is a social network Mastodon
Camping on Kerry Camino
We get ask regularly for camping options on the Kerry Camino we never sure if it could be done I knew that there was camping in Tralee and in the village of Camp but didn’t know of the options for camping in Annascaul but galzgonewild_ on instagram have written \ report of their hike here on the website galzgonewild.com
Results of photo competition
Drumroll please! We have selected our two winners of the Kerry Camino 2021 Walking Weekend photo competition. Norma Maguire took the photo of our volunteers Mike and Bill safely assisting walkers cross the River Finglas at Camp Upper on Day 2, 18th September. Norina Coppinger’s image of two walkers crossing the bog section on the way to Inch and Annascaul …
Another review of the Kerry Camino
We would like to point out that we do not charge for the cert afterwards just go t The Kerry Camino: Pilgrimage on the Dingle Way
Added navigation help near entrance to Emmlough bog
Emmlough bog is on the second day of the kerry camino after Camp and a large road climb because people were missing the turn we have put a helpful sign on the road near the entrance
Tickets for the September guided walk being released soon
The lock down is going great and we will be releasing 100 tickets for sale for our September guided walk between Tralee and Dingle at the start of June ! we will release more once we the State agencies say that more people are allowed to gather in one place
Sunday May 16th is the Feast of St Brendan
As he is intrinsically involved with the Kerry Camino we feel it appropriate to share this poster from St Brendan’s Church Tralee encouraging the celebration of his feast day Feast of St Brendan PDF Poster
New Wedge tomb in Dingle peninsula maybe even older than previously assumed
It dates from between 500BC and 2000 BC believed to be untouched which is unusual. https://arkeonews.net/bronze-age-wedge-tomb-discovered-on-the-dingle-peninsula-maybe-even-older/