Where do you start?  Kerry is a hive for the outdoor enthusiast, those who love to drive, climb, hill walking, shopping, eating and so much more.  So here are our top ten things to do and see in Kerry and all are accessible while staying with us at Killarney’s Holiday Village. Killarney National Park situated close to Killarney Town and across from our village houses, the National Park and is Ireland’s Oldest National Park, created when Muckross Estate was donated to the Irish Free State in ...

When you stay at Killarney’s Holiday Village, you have the perfect base for a tour of movies filmed in Kerry. From Ryan’s Daughter to Far and Away, Kerry has long drawn moviemakers from top studios as a location for a variety of productions. Here are our pick of movies filmed in Kerry: Ryan’s Daughter Dingle came to worldwide attention in 1970 as the setting for David Lean’s epic Ryan’s Daughter. The old schoolhouse built for the movie still stands on a headland overlooking the Blasket Islan ...

“She was lovely and fair, like the rose of the summer.” So goes the familiar tune that reminds us that it’s time for the Rose of Tralee. Held every August since 1959, the Rose of Tralee International Festival is one of the country’s biggest and oldest So goes the familiar tune that reminds us that it’s time for the Rose of Tralee. Held every August since 1959, the Rose of Tralee International Festival is one of the country’s biggest and oldest festivals, and a great way to spend a few days ...