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  • Bottle Nosed Dolphins following the Renard Ferry to to Valentia Island,County Kerry .Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Preparing from ‘Ireland’s Revolutionary Decade Roadshow’ which will be held at The Schoolhouse, Muckross Traditional Farms, Muckross House, Killarney, on Saturday 29th March 2014 from10.30am to 3.00pm. Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Culture and The Gaeltacht will offically open the event at 10.30am.This event is being organised by the School of History University College Cork, the Heritage Office Kerry County Council, Kerry County Museum and the Trustees of Muckross House.The ‘revolutionary decade roadshow’ is an idea that was devised by the School of History, University College Cork, as a means of focussing popular attention on the ‘revolutionary decade’ in modern Irish history (that is, 1913-23), and engaging the public, in an informal and entertaining manner. from left, Joe Martin, (De Valera), Sandra Leahy, Kerry County Museum, from left, Liz Ryan, Dochás, Don Rohan, Dochás, Eileen Lehane and Mary Cahill, Béan An Tí, Muckross Farms, Patricia McSherry, Dochas, Mary Murphy, Dochás.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/NO REPRO
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  • Not all heroes wear capes <br />
Fiona Carroll, one of the many volunteers with Legion GAA Club in Killarney, arrives with the weekly shopping and support for  Denis Tangney. The voluntary service is part of the COVID-19 Kerry Community Response Forum. The helpline was set up to support and advise people during the current public health emergency. It included organisations such as Kerry County Council, the Gardaí and GAA.  Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • On the Scale of things..Piaras Kelly, of Kerry Climbing.ie, on Cnoc na Péiste Ridge, Eastern Reeks, MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, County Kerry, on a recce earlier this year for “Killarney's’ Ultimate High Peaks Challenge”  a spectacular one day mountain challenge event  that will test participant’s endurance, stamina and self sufficiency in some of Ireland’s toughest mountain terrain. This years event takes place on Saturday 26th August 2017. Kery is certainly the pinnacle of all mountain adventures. Participants will self navigate along a pre planned marshalled route across the highest mountain range in the country - The magnificent MacGillycuddy’s Reeks. Adventure enthusiasts will trek over 25 km of stunning, wild, rugged mountain terrain ticking off many of Ireland’s highest summits with a total height gain of over 2500 meters.Did we mention the après BBQ and Trad Session in Cronin’s Yard?? Register today http://killarneypeakschallenge.com/register/.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Wild Atlantic…Sheep Farmer Séamus Ó Cíobháin with his dog ‘Floss’ from Dún Chaoin, Slea Head, on the Dingle Peninsula, Co.Kerry, driving his ewes a mixture of cheviot towards Clogher Head, after feeding nearby. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • One man’s Everest…Ultra Runner, Sean Clifford, from Killarney, set an Irish record reaching the dizzy heights of 10,000 m of positive ascent in 23 hours and 53 minutes — the equivalent height of Mount Everest, and accumulative 10 times  ascent of Ireland’s  highest Mountain - Carrauntoohil, (1039 m) in the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, County Kerry. Sean set about his challenge, on Caher Mountain, on Friday night, running through the night, ascending, Carrauntoohil, Cnoc an Toinne, using the Devil’s Ladder for ascents, and Bothar na Gige (The ’Zig Zags’) for descents. Final ascent was made on Carrauntoohil. Joined throughout his record breaking quest by fellow Killarney Ultra Runners, Joe O’Leary, Damien Courtney, Neil Kelders and Harold Clifford. An exhausted Sean returned to a heroes welcome at Cronin’s Yard - Official home to the Reeks, late on Saturday night. Also managing to raise funds for Dementia and Alzheimer awareness.<br />
Sean, has competed in races across the globe,  the UTMB in France, Diagonal des Fous on Reunion Island, El Cruce in Chile and Ankor Ultra in Cambodia. More recently he has placed 2nd in Ireland’s longest and toughest ultra marathon, the Kerry Way Ultra.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/ISSUED 14/07/2019/FREE PIC***
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  • The iconic abandoned cottage in Dromluska, Cummenduff Glen in the Black Valley, Co Kerry, along the Kerry Way.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Waking up the ‘Sleeping Giant’ (Inis Tuaisceart) at Clogher Head, in time for this years Annual County Clean-Up Day which  takes place on Saturday morning 14th April. Now in its 7th year, with the support of Kerry County Council and KWD Recycling, it has proven to be a wonderful community event in which people clean up their respective areas. The Sleeping Giant or ‘An Fear Marbh’ is one the Blasket Islands along Dingle Peninsula Co Kerry. Liadh Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Sean Guerin, Jack McGuire, Sarah O’Connor, Connie King and Niamh Keane.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC***
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  • Impromptu gathering .. Founder of Fexco, Brian McCarthy, laughing with two of his  Daughters, Liz McCarthy, sitting, and Susan McCarthy,  at the offiical opening of Irish-international fintech company, Fexco new building in Killogrlin, Co Kerry, which will house its own Research Development and Innovation Centre, and  RDI Hub - a world-class centre for digital innovation focused on commercialisation of innovation and research backed by Fexco, IT Tralee and Kerry County Council. Fexco has invested over €21m in the project, which was opened today.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/NO REPRO/FREE PIC/issued 05/02/2020
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  • CEO Denis McCarthy, Irish-international fintech company, Fexco, at the official opening of their new innovation in Killorglin, Co Kerry, which will house its own Research Development and Innovation Centre, and  RDI Hub - a world-class centre for digital innovation focused on commercialisation of innovation and research backed by Fexco, IT Tralee and Kerry County Council. Fexco has invested over €21m in the project, which was opened today by Minister of State for Transport and Sport Brendan Griffin, and the CEO of Enterprise Ireland Julie Sinnamon. 125 Fexco staff to be based in centre and RDI Hub to create 305 new jobs by 2024. The building is dedicated to John McCarthy as a tribute to the Stanford University computer scientist. McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and his father was born in Cromane, near Killorglin.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/NO REPRO FEE/ FREE PIC****/ISSUED 15/02/2020
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  • Forces of Nature…Andrea Paolucci, as Jedi and Giorgia Gallerani,Royal Guard, at St.Finan’s Bay, The Glen, Ballinskelligs County Kerry, with Skellig Michael and Skellig Beag in the distance, where ‘Star Wars’  the Force Awakens was filmed. The Characters are part of  Fáilte Ireland’s ‘May the 4th be with you’ Festival this weekend, in Kerry, and Donegal to commemorate the 4th of May, when fans across the globe celebrate Star Wars.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC*** /issued 05/05/2019
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  • Have couch will travel…Killarney Mountain Festival organisers, Maureen Hegarty, Chairperson, Kieran Healy, Killarney Advertiser, Piaras Kelly, Kerry Climbing and local farmer Jeoffrey O’Connor, placing  a couch on the foothills of the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks as a perfect backdrop for the inaugural  celebration of all things mountain and adventure over the weekend of the 9th,10th and 11th of March 2018, a weekend of  activities from adventure movies and documentaries, workshops, exhibitions, competitions, family fun activities, & featured hikes, scrambles and climbs, musical entertainment, and inspiring guest speakers The Festival is Kindly supported by Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce and Kerry County Council.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC/NO REPRO
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  • Come Bye..O’er the Hills.<br />
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Sheep Farmer, Donal Foley, with his dog 'Jake', guiding his ewes down the mountain for scanning, on his land at Lough Accose, Glencar, McGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry. Donal Foley's colourful ewes in his sheep farm, Cuas, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Co Kerry. The colours are carefully coded by Donal during breeding. Blue: First two weeks, Red: 3rd Week, Black Spot: Suffolk, Red Spot: Texel sheep, Red:Charolais sheep. He introduced six rams to the ewes, scanning usually begins in February and the lambs will be born in April.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Heart and SOUL…The official opening of ANAM - Killarney’s Arts and Cultural Centre,  by the Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Brendan Griffin TD. (centre). The project, which saw the complete refurbishment of the local-authority owned cultural centre on East Avenue, resulting in the development of a flexible, adaptable and contemporary space, both internally and externally, which can host arts and cultural performances. At the launch were from left, Cathaoirleach Killarney Municipal District, Cllr Michael Gleeson, Angela McAllen, Manager Killarney Municipal District, Moira Murrell, Chief Executive Kerry County Council and Cathaoirleach Kerry County Council, Cllr. Niall Kelleher.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/*** FREE PIC***/Issued 15/12/2019
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  • Spring has started for Mike Coffey, Sheep Farmer from Kilgobnet, Beaufort, Co Kerry,  on St Stephen’s Day, as Captain of the Kilgobnet Biddy Group, he began making the ‘Biddy' straw hats. The tradition of the Biddies is one of the oldest and most colourful customs in Ireland, a blend of pagan and christian pageantry, held on the 1st February each year, heralding the beginning of Springtime,  and honouring St Bríd the patron saint of the farming community. Mike has been making the biddy hats  for over fifty years, and is one of the few left in Ireland, making and  dressing the ornate pampas hats  Nowhere is it the tradition of the Biddies as  theatrical and vibrant as the culture-rich parish of Beaufort.  Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan /Issued 23/12/2020
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  • Irish-international fintech company, Fexco new building in Killogrlin, Co Kerry, which will house its own Research Development and Innovation Centre, and  RDI Hub - a world-class centre for digital innovation focused on commercialisation of innovation and research backed by Fexco, IT Tralee and Kerry County Council. Fexco has invested over €21m in the project, which was opened today.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/NO REPRO/FREE PIC/issued 05/02/2020
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  • Exchanging the Hurl for the Pike…Former Captain Wexford Hurling Team, Diarmuid Lyng, lives in West Kerry, motivational speaker, an advocate for Irish Langauge and Environment. He runs Wild Irish Retreats revitalising the Irish langauge. Here he collects kelp and dillisk seaweed from Ard Draighneáin, on the Dingle Peninsula, for use as fertiliser for his vegetables. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Sisters are doing it for themselves….Members of Muckross Rowing Club, Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland’s oldest Rowing Club, are in a very unique position, as they can train in doubles on Lough Lein, having a total of 11 sets of Sisters to row together in doubles, in keeping with Covid19 outdoor restrictions. With restrictions in place, 5 sets of sisters train together with the help of Sisters Áine and Shauna O’Sullivan in the launch boat. Sisters included here, Martha and Maeve Doolan, Caolfhionn and Eimera Doyle, Evie and Lynn Fahy, Sorcha and Liadh Beazley and their Sister Eimear Beazley. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Sisters are doing it for themselves….Members of Muckross Rowing Club, Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland’s oldest Rowing Club, are in a very unique position, as they can train in doubles on Lough Lein, having a total of 11 sets of Sisters to row together in doubles, in keeping with Covid19 outdoor restrictions. With restrictions in place, 5 sets of sisters train together with the help of Sisters Áine and Shauna O’Sullivan in the launch boat. Sisters included here, Martha and Maeve Doolan, Caolfhionn and Eimera Doyle, Evie and Lynn Fahy, Sorcha and Liadh Beazley and their Sister Eimear Beazley. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Waiting for the judges…final preperations ahead of the judging for the Blackface Sheepbreeders Association 67th annual ram show and saleThe show and sale took place at Mid-Kerry Co-op Mart, Milltown, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC/Issued 29/09/2019
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  • Joe O’Leary,left  and Jack Murphy, Killarney on Mangerton Mountain, competing in Quest Killarney - a multi-activity one day Adventure Race event, at the weekend. There are 5 different routes, from Expert 84Km to a sport event. Athletes trekked the rugged Kerry landscape,  Cycling the Gap of Dunloe, Black Valley, Killarney National Park and Kayaked Muckross Lake.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/ FREE PIC**
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  • Fetch dog…Fetch….One Man and his dog..A dog jumps in the water in anticipation of fetching a stick thrown by its owner on Rossbeigh Strand, Glenbeigh, County Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Davy Leane, Sheep Farmer, MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, Co Kerry,  had brought his ewes to lower ground ahead of Storm Emma, Snow will remain on the Reeks for the next week, Davy feeds his scotch and texel ewes twice a day, all are due for lambing in early April.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Skellig Michael monastery was  founded in 588 by Saint Fionán, for 600 years it was a centre of monastic life for Irish Christian monks. 12 kilometres off the Kerry Coast. Skellig Michael is the most spectacular and least accessible monasteries in Europe.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • A rousing performance by 'Baile an Salsa' at Muckross Schoolhouse, Killarney proved very popular on Culture Night in Killarney. Baile an Salsa, An international band comprised of ten world-class musicians, blending their passion for Latin salsa and traditional Irish music.Culture Night is sponsored by Kerry County Council and The Department of Arts, Heritage and The Gaeltactacht.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Ewe-phoric view…Sheep grazing on Ross-Behy hill, overlooking Rossbeigh Strand, on a windswept Spring day at Glenbeigh County Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Donal Foley's colourful ewes  in his sheep farm, Cuas, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Co Kerry. The colours are carefully coded by Donal during breeding. Blue: First two weeks, Red: 3rd Week, Black Spot: Suffolk, Red Spot: Texel sheep, Red:Charolais sheep. He introduced six rams to the ewes, scanning will begin in February and the lambs will be born in April 2015.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Action from ‘The Jack O’Connor Cup’ the 4th race of the day at the Glenbeigh Racing Festival on Rossbeigh Beach, Co.Kerry on Sunday.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Two thousand four hundred welcomes…Robert Agbonghae and Esther Agbonchac from Nigeria now living in Ballincollig, Co Cork.The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, on Monday, congratulated 2,400 new Irish citizens across three citizenship ceremonies to be held in the Killarney Convention Centre, Co Kerry. The Presiding Officers were Retired High Court Judge Bryan McMahon and Retired District Court Judge Paddy McMahon. Those granted citizenship at today’s ceremonies originate from over 90 countries.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/NO REPRO/FREE PIC***
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  • Storm Fionn Approaching Skellig Beag and Skellig Michael Islands, off the Iveragh Peninsula Co.Kerry, along the Skellig Coast.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Laura O’Driscoll, 2nd, at the Devil’s Punch Bowl, Mangerton Mountain, Killarney, where over 2000 competitors participated  in Quest Killarney - a multi-activity one day Adventure Race event, at the weekend. There were 5 different routes, from Expert 84Km to a sport event. Athletes trekked the rugged Kerry landscape,  Cycling the Gap of Dunloe, Black Valley, Killarney National Park and Kayaked Muckross Lake.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/ FREE PIC/NO REPRO FEE/issued 13/10/2019
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  • Caherconree (Cathair Con Rí) Sliabh Mish, Camp, County Kerry. Caherconree is an ancient Celebratory Fort at 2740 ft (835m) It was the fortress of Cú Raoi Mac Daire during the Iron Age.In Irish mythology this is the fort of Cú Roí mac Dáire, who was able to make it spin around at night to stop any attackers from finding the entrance.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan<br />
52°11'49" N, 9°51'49
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  • By Royal appointment… One of the highlights of the recent visit of His Royal Highness, Charles Prince of Wales to Muckross House and Muckross Traditional Farms in  Killarney, Co Kerry,  in June this year, was meeting traditional Master Craftsman, Pat Broderick. The Royal  Prince was given the opportunity to make his own ’súgán Rope’ or ‘love knot’ from  traditional oat and straw. Prince Charles  was so intrigued with Pat’s  old traditional style  craftsmanship saying  it   ’fulfilled all the senses of touch, smell and colour’. He commissioned Pat to make an egg basket and traditional eggs nest, which is crafted in the old three plat weave. The beautifully made crafts will leave Muckross House for Clarence House, home of His  Royal Highness Charles Prince of Wales  and his Wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall this Friday. The Prince also requested Pat to make an Irish traditional  súgán chair  (súgán  Irish for straw). Pat is from Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, working between his home, Muckross House and travels with his craft throughout the Country.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC***/ISSUED 29/11/2018
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  • Sheep Farmer Patrick Moran, gathering some of his 500 strong mountain flock at Lough Iskanamacterry, Mastergeehy, Waterville County Kerry.
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  • Forging a tradition…Pa MacGillycuddy, with his Son Timmy, carrying on the art of farriery, now in its third generation at the family forge in Ballybribeen, Killarney, Co Kerry. Pa will be celebrating the Family’s 50th anniversary as Farrier/Blacksmiths for the Summer meeting at Killarney Race Course, from Sunday 15th-Thursday 19th July. The link with the track goes all the way back to 1969 when Patrick McGillycuddy senior – who trained at Murphy’s Forge in Barraduff – was engaged by the Race Company to put his skills as a blacksmith to good use. The famous Forge will always be a busy place with the Jarvey and ponymen needing horse shoes made daily. The Anvil at the forge dates back to 1800, Given to Pa MacGillycuddy Snr. by the Magill Churchtown Estate, Beaufort.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC***/ISSUED 08/08/2019
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  • Over the rainbow…Sheep continue to graze as the sun peeps out to form a rainbow between the heavy outbursts of rain in Glencar, County Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Aerial Shot of Innisfallen Island, Lough Lein, Killarney, County Kerry. A monastery was founded on Innisfallen in the 7th century and it became a seat of learning and it said that King Brian Boru studied there. On the island are the remains of the extensive 12th century Augustinian priory and a small 11th -12th century Romanesque church. The annals of Innisfallen, a major source of early Irish history and now stored in the Bodleian Library in Oxford were written there. Boat trips to the island operate from the Ross Castle area from Ross and Reen piers.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan©
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  • Crowd Surfing…Walkers and surfers going in opposite directions on Inch Strand, availing of the late September fine weather on the Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • First signs of Spring resuming in the Cummenduff Glen, Black Valley, Killarney Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Aerial of Derrynane Beach, Iveragh Peninsula, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Aerial of Derrynane Beach, Iveragh Peninsula, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Celtic Goddess's Noretta and Emma Brosnan after descending the Paps of Danú, Co Kerry, to celebrate the ancient rite of the Summer Solstice in honour of the Goddess Danú, as part in The Killarney Walking Festival.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/NO REPRO FEE/22/06/2014
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  • Sprouting time for Paudie Hanifan…SuperValu, Ireland’s leading grocery retailer, has announced that it expects to sell just under 1,900 tonnes of Irish vegetables over the festive period - the same weight as 20 NASA space shuttles combined - amid surging demand for vegetarian and vegan Irish Christmas dinner essentials such as brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips and potatoes. Pictured at his farm in Ballygarron, Tralee, Co Kerry is brussels sprouts grower Paudie Hanafin, one of the growers supplying 135 tonnes of brussels sprouts this festive season to SuperValu. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC/NO REPRO FEE*** ISSUED 07/12/2020
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  • View from the top of the Devil's Ladder, looking down to Loch Gabhrach, right, and  Loch Caillí,into the Hags Glen,  on a perfect February morning, after 110 days of continous rainfall in Kerry and 11 storms later.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Autumn glow on the shannon Estuary, with Tarbert Lighthouse, Co Kerry and Moneypoint Power Station, Co Clare.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Atlantic Puffin, The monastic Island of Skellig Michael was founded in 588 by Saint Fionán, for 600 years the island was a centre of monastic life for Irish Christian monks. located 12 kilometres off the coast County Kerry’s Inveragh Peninsula. Skellig Michael is the most spectacular of all the early medieval island monastic sites. The monastery consisting of six beehive huts, is situated almost at the summit of the 230-metre-high rock. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 and is one of Europe's better known but least accessible monasteries. Skellig Michael is the most spectacular of all the early medieval island monastic sites. Skellig Michael (Sceilig Mhicíl in Irish) and Great Skellig. The word Scellic means a steep rock.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • A view From The Conor Pass (an Conair) looking into Dingle Bay, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Fishermen landing their daily catch at the Maherees, Castlegregory, Co Kerry, temperatures are expected to reach 36 degrees today.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Renouned Story Teller Eddie Lenihan, telling stories of myth, mystery and folklore, at The Gathering Traditional Irish Music Festival at the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Walkers descending Carrauntouhill, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Co Kerry as part of the Killarney Walking Festival, series of  walks to celebrate the Summer Solstice.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/NO REPRO FEE/22/-6/2014
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  • Surfin' the Reef...Surfer Ed Lacey, Tralee ready to surf the Reef at Inch Strand,Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
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  • Skellig Michael (Irish: Sceilig Mhichíl), also called Great Skellig (Irish: Sceilig Mhór), is the larger of the two Skellig Islands, 11.6 kilometres west of the Iveragh peninsula, along the Wild Atlantic Way in County Kerry, Ireland. A Christian monastery was founded on the island at some point between the 6th and 8th century and remained continuously occupied until it was abandoned in the late 12th century. The remains of the monastery, and most of the island, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Eugene O’Sullivan aged 93 years, is Ireland’s oldest Drover and works at Kenmare Mart. During the late summer months, Eugene collects and packs wool from nearby sheep farmers in Kenmare, Kilgarvan, Sneem, Tousist and the Black Valley. He has been packing wool for over 80 years and there’s no slowing him down. Assisted by Cllr Dan McCarthy, his great friend and Manager of Kenmare Mart, Co Kerry. The men were working at Gerry Harringtons shed in Gowlane, Kenmare.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Skellig Sunset, with atlantic waves bracing St Finan’s Bay, Skellig Michael and Skellig Beag in the distance, Iveragh Peninsula, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Cloghane Village, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Fishermen landing their daily catch at the Maherees, Castlegregory, Co Kerry, temperatures are expected to reach 36 degrees today.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Celebrating the beginning of Spring…The tradition of the Biddies is one of the oldest and most colourful customs in Ireland, a blend of pagan and christian pageantry, held on the 1st February each year, heralding the beginning of Springtime and honouring St Bríd (451-525) the patron saint of the farming community.  Biddy Groups from Mid-Kerry play music and collect money for local Charities. The Biddy Festival in Killorglin takes place on Saturday 3rd February. The highlight of the day is the BIddy Parade along the streets of the town at 7pm and King or Queen of the Biddies contest.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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