Local Area

Stargazing in the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve

Posted by peter on April 24, 2026 | Featured | No Comments

Walk out the front door on a clear night and look up — you are standing in one of only three Gold Tier Dark Sky Reserves in the world. … Read More

Award-winning Derrynane Beach in County Kerry, a Blue Flag beach near Derrynane Coast Hotel

Five Beaches Within a 20-Minute Drive of the Hotel

Posted by peter on March 13, 2026 | Featured | No Comments

Carroll’s Cove is on the doorstep and Derrynane Beach is famous — but five quiet coves within a 20-minute drive are worth finding time for during your stay. … Read More

Boat trip to Skellig Michael from Derrynane Harbour — a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Magic of Skellig Michael: Booking Your Boat Trip

Posted by peter on February 27, 2026 | Featured | No Comments

If your stay at the Derrynane coincides with calm seas, you can stand on a 6th-century monastic settlement at the top of an Atlantic sea-stack. … Read More

Derrynane House and National Park — the ancestral home of Daniel O'Connell, a short drive from the hotel

Derrynane House and the Story of Daniel O’Connell

Posted by peter on February 13, 2026 | Featured | No Comments

Most people know Dublin’s O’Connell Street. Fewer realise that the man it is named for came from a stone manor house ten minutes’ drive from this hotel. … Read More

Cromwell Point lighthouse on Valentia Island viewed from a Ring of Kerry hillside near Derrynane.

Hidden Gems on the Iveragh Peninsula

Posted by peter on December 5, 2025 | Featured | No Comments

Most visitors do the Ring of Kerry as a single 180 km loop in a day. They see a lot of beautiful country. They also miss most of it. … Read More