GEOGRAPHY - WHERE TO STAY IN BALLINSKELLIGS VACATIONS
Ballinskelligs is a very small town of only a few hundred people located in the far southwestern part of Ireland on the Iveragh peninsula. The town is known as a spiritual retreat and an artists haven. Nearby is the Ballinskelligs Abbey/ Priory, which was built by the MacCarthy clan and then later abandoned. ancient abandoned. Nearby is the Ballinskelligs Castle, which was built in the 16th century by the McCarthy Clan to help protect against invasion. Today the remains of the abandoned castle sit overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay.
