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The summertime RoRo car ferry at Knightstown. Promontory Fort at Foilnanean Cliffs. see the panorama below. Commemorative plaque for the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in July 1866.

Promontory Fort at Foilnanean Cliffs with Geokaun (266m) in the background. Note the lichen covered standing 'portal' stones on the left which can be seen in the photo above.
Cliffs near Bray Head Cliffs on the northwest coast of Valentia. An American single handed transatlantic sailor anchored at Knightstown. Cliffs on the northwest coast of Valentia.
liffs on the northwest coast of Valentia. Boats at Knightstown Harbour High and dry at Knightstown

Footprints fossilised in rock left by an amphibious Tetrapod about 370 million years ago. The rocks where these were found are in the 'splash zone' on the seashore.
Slate pillar. The main entrance and grotto at the slate quarry on the side of Geokaun. This house is built almost entirely of slate. A slate wall.
Gunnera plant in front of a slated house. Gunnera is native to South America. Fuchsia Magellenica Riccartonii, a hybrid first grown, from South American parents, in Riccarton Scotland in about 1830. It grows from cuttings, rarely from seeds.
The plant is a hydrangea.
Hydrangea flowers and a cordyline 'palm' a plant which was introduced to Europe from New Zealand Some Kerry surnames. The orange flowers are Montbretia or Crocosmia, a plant introduced, via France, from South Africa.
Convulvus or Bindweed. Cordyline, a plant introduced to Europe from New Zealand. Gunnera or Giant Rhubarb
orange Montbretia New Zealand Flax A Honda 50 - these used to be a common sight.
Montbretia or Crocosmia, introduced from South Africa, via France in the late 19th century.
An original of the VW camper van. Escallonia, a common seaside shrub.
Thrift, a plant which can be found on cliffs and rocks close to the sea. A view of the lighthouse, Beginish beyond it and of the mainland beyond Beginish.
The Valentia lifeboat. A plaque on the Valentia lifeboat building.