The Dingle Way: Ballyferriter to Cuas

Monday, 19 September 2022 (13.3 miles)

Nary a hill to climb today!

After returning to Smerwick Harbour from Ballyferriter, the first part of the day was more beach walking.

The beach along Smerwick Harbour is not entirely sandy.

We opted to visit the Gallarus Oratory - about 1 mile each way off the Dingle Way. Along the way we passed Gallarus Castle - under restoration and not open to visitors.

Gallarus Oratory is the best-preserved oratory (small church) in Ireland. It has stood intact for over 1200 years.

Sue in the east-facing door.

The inside of the oratory showing the stone work and the small, east-facing window.

After returning to the Dingle Way, we continued to walk along the shore, most of which was rocky cliffs. Lon thought that this striking patch of algae looked like a green waterfall.

All roads lead to Dingle. You can get there directly, or you can take the scenic route. We walked about 20 miles to get here from Dingle, but by road it's less than 8 miles!

We turned inland at Feohanagh to get to Cuas. The farm road we were following clearly forded the creek here, but fortunately, we could follow a path alongside the creek for a short distance to get to ...

... a road bridge, where we could cross the creek without getting our feet wet!

Overnight at the lovely Imeall na Mara B&B (Seashore House) in Ballydavid, which we passed about a third of the way into today's walk. After having dinner in Cuas at the An Bothar Pub, we got a transfer back to Ballydavid.