As far as spectacular views go, the cliffs in Kerry deliver. Between Kerry Cliffs and Mizen Head, I think they were the best, most beautiful views we saw, in my opinion. It IS hard to narrow that down, because it was all gorgeous, but those two places were especially breathtaking to me.
On our way to the Kerry Cliffs, a pull off viewpoint of beauty
If you want to just pivot your head like an owl and never see anything unsightly all the way around, you NEED to go to Ireland.
Side note, none of their caps are removable. This is kind of neat and good, and kind of "we're not used to it" so it was annoying at times - Brian once lined up his mouth to the cap mindlessly thinking it was the opening, and subsequently dumped water all down the front of him:-)
More on Skellig Michael in another post, but at the Cliffs, there is an example of what is out there.
A modern made example of a Beehive Hut. We saw a few of these as ruins in the wild, and a few of these on one of the Aran Islands we visited.
The Kerry Cliffs stand at over 1000ft tall. It is a protected edge, meaning, there is a fence, so you can go all the way up to the edge. Unlike the more popular Cliff of Moher in Galway (in another post), which is an unprotected edge, so you cannot go as close to the edge.
Kerry Cliffs are the highest in Ireland (comparing to Moher, which most are familiar with, these are about 300ft higher than Moher).
In this picture you can see Skellig Michael and "Puffin Rock" if you know the Netflix show for kids (which we adore). It is really called Puffin Island in real life. Puffin Island is the island in the foreground of the background on the left if that makes any sense at all, haha!! The skellig islands are the two bumps in the middle of the background. They are about 7 nautical miles away.
Skellig Islands - I believe the taller one is Skellig Michael and the shorter one is Little Skellig
View from turning around from the cliffs/ocean
There are two lookout points for the cliffs, about a km apart or so, and a definite uphill climb/hike.
When you are 1000ft above sea level, it is WINDY and CHILLY
I'll point out this spot from the boating pics/videos.
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