This is one of the coolest things near Glengarriff in my opinion and I don't use the term "cool" in that sense very often! So you drive out the village and up along a really windy road that has really spectacular views, you wont see sights like these anywhere else, just pray for a clear cloudless day when you go here otherwise my promise doesn't really work!
Anyway, forget about the views, you turn a corner (or ninety corners more like) and then you are faced with a big rock tunnel, have a look at my picture, thats exactly what I am talking about) its not a very long tunnel really but it is impressively carved out of a rock and has been there for a very very long time so there was no giant drill making that tunnel, it was done by hand! Driving through make sure you look up the whole time (this is good for the passenger,maybe not for the driver and ti works better if you have a sun roof!) half way through you will see a hole in the ceiling of the tunnel and once you see that you know you are in Kerry (you were in cork before just incase you didn't know!) i always thought that was amazing when i was a kid. Coming out the other side of the tunnel are some more gorgeous views but even more exciting are the other three rock tunnels that await you. I love a good tunnel! read more