The Iveragh Peninsula is the largest of Kerry’s Atlantic peninsulas, extending sixty kilometres into the ocean from the mainland, and it is thirty two kilometres across. The Iveragh contains the Killarney Lakes with their mountainous backgrounds, the most famously picturesque landscapes in Ireland since tourism began in the late eighteen hundreds. The main mountain group on the peninsula, called the Macgillicuddy Reeks, contains the two highest summits in Ireland, Carrauntoohil at 1038m ...