{"id":18917,"date":"2019-06-19T05:44:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2022-04-24T08:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T22:02:52","slug":"king-puck-ireland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=18917","title":{"rendered":"King Puck, Ireland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 18th June 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 93 kilometres from Portmagee to Fenit both in County Kerry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Killorglin and Fenit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Fenit boat-ramp CP, free, services around corner, N52.27645, W09.86232<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 16 days @ \u20ac98 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a big day yesterday and a relatively early night we wake up to another mild and sunny morning. We have our coffee and fruit and get going as the car-park in Portmagee starts to fill again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning to the Ring of Kerry (N70) we continue on, stopping for a quick shop at the Super Value in Caherciveen. We drive on stopping at a viewing point near Beenmore for breakfast. The croissants were excellent. There is a constant flow of tourist coaches heading south on the Ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So we breakfast with a view of Dingle Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Same view in panorama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The LP indicates Killorglin is an interesting market town with a special reference to King Puck, so we stop for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are some interesting mural around town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Apparently King Puck was here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The usual pub on every corner and at least 3 bars between each pub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We walk for 20 minutes around the centre of town before crossing the bridge over the River Laune.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Over the low bridge, KIng Puck is revealed. Once a year the town hold a festival to commemorate a goat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mystery solved we continue on for Tralee passing through Castlemaine. As we do, we see a large sign \u2018Home of the Wild Colonial Boy\u2019. Reminding me of one of my Mother\u2019s favourites, \u2018The Wild Colonial Boy\u2019. I was tempted to turn around and take a picture of the sign but the thought of being T-boned by a fast moving tourist coach gives me second thoughts. I\u2019ll give you part of the ditty instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s of a wild Colonial Boy, Jack Dolan was his name,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of poor but honest parents, He was born in Castlemaine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was his father’s only son, His mother’s pride and joy,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so dearly did his parents love. The wild Colonial Boy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When scarcely sixteen years of age, He left his father’s home,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And through Australia’s sunny shores, A bushranger did roam.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’d rob the largest squatters, Their stock he would destroy,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A terror to Australia was, The wild Colonial Boy<\/em>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passing through Tralee rather than stopping as we stayed here several years ago. We walked the Rose of Tralee Gardens, so I figure we have done Tralee. We rejoined the WAW (N) and continued on to Fenit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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We check out the local ordinances as soon as we park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The views across Dingle Bay. Fenit is a small village, but it has a large port, marina and sort of a beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the other end of the car-park this classic Dutch reg Airstream Motorhome. Wow !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking across the 500m causeway we find a series of memorials. This one to the local fisherman lost at sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the top of the hill a memorial to Saint Brendan the Navigator. Something of a legend around here, circa 500.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A young lady offers to take our photo. We got lots of photos at odd angles, this one had our feet and St Brendan\u2019s head, so its a keeper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are a couple of parking options here, but we decide on the boat ramp with its view across Tralee Bay, to the Dingle Peninsula on a warm summer\u2019s evening in Fenit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: 18th June 2019 Travelled: 93 kilometres from Portmagee to Fenit both in County Kerry Visited: Killorglin and Fenit Stayed: Fenit boat-ramp CP, free, services around corner, N52.27645, W09.86232 Budget: 16 days @ \u20ac98 per day After a big day yesterday and a relatively early night we wake up to another mild and sunny morning. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[109],"class_list":{"0":"post-18917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-wild-atlantic-way","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18917"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27767,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions\/27767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}