KERRY HEAD:

Ballingarry Castle

Near Ballingarry

Before leaving Ballyheigue take the road to Kerry Head to see Cill Mhic a Deaghaidh an early medieval church, reputedly founded by Bishop Erc, Saint Brendan's mentor.

Glenderry Souterrains: further west and close to the sea are a collection of corbelled beehive houses.
Cahercarbery Mor and Cahercarbery Beg- at the point of the head there are two small promontory forts; these date back to the Iron age (500B.C. - 400A.D.)

Track of the Red Ditch (Irish An Clai Rua): near these forts start the line of the Red Ditch. This is an Archaeological artefact of unknown origin but thought to be some thousands of years old. It can be traced as an earthen bank about 0.5 metres high and 2 metres wide running intermittently from the point of Kerry Head at Cahercarberry eastwards towards the Cashen River and on into Limerick. What its purpose was is the subject of debate and some theories put forward are that it was a territorial boundary marker, or a roadway for military or commercial purposes.

Saint Daithlionn's Church: further back the coast was an early medieval church dedicated to Saint Daithlionn a sister of Erc first Bishop of Kerry, dating from the 8th Century, even it's ruins bear mute testament to the skills of those who built it.
Saint Daithlionn's Well (Irish Tobar na Sul - the Well of the Eyes) can be found nearby. Stories are told of Saint Bridgid's visit to the well. This well is reputed to have healing powers. Legend has it that some people tried to desecrate Saint Daithlionn's church and she struck them down with blindness, when they promised never to harm the church again she sent them to her well and told them to bathe their eyes with the water, on doing so their eyesight was restored and to this day people continue this tradition.

Ballingarry Castle: heading back East along the coast past Dreenagh are the ruins of this castle.