Kerry On the Edge of Europe

by Valerie O'Sullivan

ISBN: 9781782189381

Published: 2025-11-30

Defined by the Atlantic Ocean - it's people and cultural heritage that has shaped the landscape for millennia. It charts through images and words the richness of 'The Kingdom of Kerry'. From ancient 'rock art' to winter and summer alignments, the golden age of monasticism, of saints, scholars, pilgrims who dared venture to all corners of the earth, in the early centuries, and those from far off countries who visited the edge of Europe and brought their own blend of culture. It explores the more quirky nature of Kerry - from the highest farm in Ireland, the highest Grotto, the farthest Island in Europe, to the ancient customs of the 'Kilbognet Biddies' and ' Lá an Dreoilín' - The Dingle Wren. The Goddess Anú, revered and celebrated on her own mountain 'the Paps of Anú, At the northern slopes of the mountain lies 'the city of Shrone' - Cathair Crobh Dearg - a ring fort, which is considered the oldest place of pilgrimage in continuance from pagan to Christianity in Europe. For more...