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parts, trying to imagine - as best we could - what life
might have been like here 600 years ago.
Better yet, when we returned to our car, a shepherd
presented my daughter with a lamb to hold, much to
her delight. I, of course, tipped him.
Back in Fahamore, we had one more meal at Spill-
ane’s and said our goodbyes to my niece and her fam-
ily. But not before I had a chance to look at some of
the books and other memorabilia that my parents left
behind in their Irish home. Though he’s gone, it wasn’t
hard at all to feel my father’s presence there.
I know that trip won’t be my last to Kerry, not with
plenty of reasons to draw me back to that green and
hilly corner of Ireland. In fact, I’m already planning a
bicycle tour that would take me from Cork to Faham-
ore along the southern edge of Ireland via the wild-
and-wooly-sounding villages of Skibbereen, Glengariff,
Caherdaniel and Sneem.

For more information on visiting County Kerry and the rest of the Republic of
Ireland, see ireland.com or discoverireland.ie

Maddie holds a lamb presented to her
by a shepherd after climbing the ruins
of the Ballycarberry Castle near Port
Magee in County Kerry.
Right: A small flock of puffins on a cliff
several hundred feet above the cold
waters of the Atlantic on Skellig Mi-
chael, an island off the coast of County
Kerry.

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