Priory Glamping Pods

Spectacular Killarney National Park (five minutes’ drive) landscapes are begging to be explored: you can hire bikes nearby to follow trails around Muckross Lake (20 minutes by bike), walk around the shoreline backed by mountains and take boat tours to Dinish Island or the ancient slate spans of Old Weir Bridge. The pods are almost on the spectacular Ring of Kerry (five minutes’ drive) route leading around the Iveragh Peninsula (an hour), with highlights including the dramatic cliffs at Kerry and a cruise to the remote Skellig Islands from Portmagee (both about 90 minutes). Closer to home base, you can tour the 19th-century interior of Muckross House (five minutes) and its glorious formal gardens. For a real taste of remote Kerry, the untamed Dingle Peninsula (an hour) beckons with sandy expanses like Coumeenoole Beach (90 minutes), which has stunning views to the rugged Blasket Islands. Nearby and overlooking Smerwick Harbour (an hour and 25 minutes), the dumpy Gallarus Oratory is one of the best-preserved ancient churches in Kerry, thought to be well over 1,000 years old.