Day 4 – Glenbeigh to Cahersiveen- 17.6 miles

Day 5 – Cahersiveen to Waterville- 14.1 miles

Day 6 – Waterville to Caherdaniel- 13.2 miles

These three days can be described as follows : breath taking views, big blue skies, & extremely hot for Ireland. In fact, we even experienced Ireland’s hottest day ever recorded for 26 May at 83 degrees F.

This weather is wonderful for visiting the beach; but, but not so great when hiking up & down Irish mountains; but, fortunately, we always had incredible views.

The fauna here is so beautiful. Yes, lots & lots of green everywhere; but, beautiful flowers as well.

Walking through the soggy bogs that are everywhere on the trail, we know there will always be this grass called Purple Moor Grass. It feels like straw & many times, it has been a big help to step on to keep your shoes out of the muddy bog water & muck.

Day 4 Highlights:

Most of the day, the trail was on the old stagecoach road. Down below, we could see the popular Ring of Kerry highway driven by many tourists.

Day 5 Highlights:

This was by far one of the harder hiking days. Not only did we hike up mountain passes that ONLY a mountain goat would love; but also, it was 83 degrees F. Plus, there were way too many false summits on the path making you think you were at the top… only to find you were not! 🤣

Day 6 Highlights:

Other than being a very lovely town, Waterville was once the summer home for Charlie Chaplin who along with his family spent 10 consecutive summers here starting in 1959.

He is beloved by the townspeople who erected a statue in his honor & the town hosts an annual Charlie Chaplin Comedy Festival which is endorsed by his family.

This was one of the prettiest days on our hike. We were told by a local man that we were lucky to be able to see all the far islands including the Skellig Islands which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Skellig is derived from the Gaelic language meaning “Splinter of Stone”.

Skellig Michael is known for its Gaelic monastery dating from the 6th Century; but, probably became most famous in the Star Wars sequel movies as the location where Luke Skywalker lived in self-imposed exile.