Photo: Valentia Island, County Kerry. Retrieved from irishcentral.com
Excerpt from irishcentral.com
As the world continues to spin we sincerely hope the beauty and magic of Valentia Island and her enterprising and self-sufficient inhabitants will always remain always the same.
It’s one way of making sure that we’re not over-run with tourists,” a local jokes, in a petrol station outside Cahirsiveen, as he observes me putting air into my car tyres – something I’ve had to do twice since leaving Dublin some five hours earlier.
While his observations on West Kerry’s narrow and dangerously windy roads are light-hearted, there’s a ring of truth in what he says. The majesty of the county – arguably Ireland’s most beautiful, unspoiled region – is saved from mass tourism thanks to their determination not to pander to modernity. And there’s no better example of this than The Kingdom’s crown jewel: Valentia Island.
