Driver Guided Tours of the Skellig Coast

Valentia Island Tetrapods to Telegraphs Tour

Valentia Island – Tetrapods to Telegraphs

Departs locally - Half Day Tour

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Skellig Coast Stories told in Stone

Skellig Coast Stories told in Stone

Departs locally - Half Day Tour

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Guided Walk and Talk to Bray Tower

Guided Walk & Talk to Bray Tower

Departs locally - Half Day Tour

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Why choose us?

Your Local Driver Guide
Spend quality time in the entertaining company of home grown South Kerry local, Muiris Walsh.  The Skellig coast is his home and Muiris wants to show you the best sites on and off the beaten track.  You will have plenty of your own stories to tell after your tour with Muiris.

Tours available all year round
Our Driver Guided tours are available all year round and can tour in all kinds of typical Irish weather.  You will be driven in comfort removing the stress of driving these narrow, twisting and unfamiliar Irish country roads. 

Driver Guided Tours for Small Groups
Our tours are designed for small intimate groups of up to 8 people.  Families or groups who wish to take a Driver Guided Tour with us can do so by contacting Muiris on 00 353 87 653 3777 or e-mail iveraghhistoricaltours@gmail.com

What to expect
Muiris provides a range of Driver Guided tours that suit a variety of interests.  See amazing views of the world famous Skellig Rock; hear the fascinating stories behind each of our carefully chosen sites; taste the delicious Skellig chocolates at the Skellig Chocolate Factory.

Fantastic opportunity to experience the best sites on the Skellig Ring along South Kerrys Wild Atlantic Way in the entertaining company of local Driver Guide Muiris Walsh.

Communication Technology returns home to Valentia Transatlantic Cable Station

by | November 30, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

The beautiful old Cable Station building on Valentia Island has found a new lease of life and is returning to its former use – a hub of global communication.  The launch of Kerrys’ flagship BCP or Broadband Communications Point took place on October 16th 2020 at the...
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From seaweed to star gazing – explore the Skellig Coast

by | June 30, 2017 | Blog | 0 Comments

The Skellig Rock is like the Grammy Award winning Rock Star, the Oscar winning A-lister and the Olympic gold medallist of the 100m sprint. All rolled in to one. Which can be annoying at times especially if you were at school with her. Envy aside now that we have all...
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7 South Kerry sayings you must know before you come and visit the Skellig Coast…

by | March 28, 2017 | Blog | 0 Comments

As an outsider living in the Kingdom of Kerry for the last 21 years I have always enjoyed the creative sayings that Kerry people use and their unique turn of phrase. South Kerry of course has its own particular suite of phrases. For visitors to the Skellig Coast who...
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The New Pilgrims

by | March 28, 2017 | Blog | 0 Comments

A long time ago, the courageous pioneers of Christianity went far far away to the raw edge of the known world, to an isolated rock defiantly rising out of the Atlantic Ocean, to reach out to the Kingdom of God, to their higher self, to find inner peace. The Monks...
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From Telegram to Instagram – The Birthplace of the World Wide Web

by | March 28, 2017 | Blog | 0 Comments

At the heart of every epic story there is a champion, a character who sets out to achieve an impossible task. They persevere despite the side line comments ‘you’ll never make it; this is pure madness; you will surely fail’. And then when they have met the inevitable...
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