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Communication Technology returns home to Valentia Transatlantic Cable Station

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...

From seaweed to star gazing – explore the Skellig Coast

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...

7 South Kerry sayings you must know before you come and visit the Skellig Coast…

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...

The New Pilgrims

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...

From Telegram to Instagram – The Birthplace of the World Wide Web

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...