Castlegregory (Irish Caisléan Ghriaire) is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Castlegregory has a population of 186 (CSO 2002). County Kerry (Irish: Ciarraí) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. ... The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for Irelands census and other state data collection activities. ...

Geography

The village is located at the foot of a sandy peninsula called the Maharees separating Brandon Bay to the west from Tralee Bay on the east, off the peninsula are a number small islands, called the Seven Hoggs, or the Maharee Islands. A small fishing harbour is located at Fahamore on Scraggane Bay, about 5km outside the village at the tip of the Maharees peninsula. The village is surrounded by the mountains of the Dingle peninsula and overlooked directly by Beenoskee and Stradbally Mountains. To the west is Brandon Mountain, the second highest in Ireland. Castlegregory is also the name of the parish which includes most of the north east area of the Dingle Peninsula. The village is renowed as a tourist destination as it is near to spectacular beaches located on the Maharees peninsula. Castlegregory Golf and Fishing club, a nine hole links golf course is also located nearby, to the west of the village on the shores of Lough Gill, a freshwater lake. The Maharees is a 5km long Tombolo located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. ... Brandon Bay, located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry is one of the top windsurfing locations in Ireland. ... Tralee (Irish: Trá Lí) is the county town of County Kerry in Ireland. ... Scraggane Bay is a fishing port located on the Maharees peninsula near Castlegregory in County Kerry. ... Categories: Ireland-place stubs | Peninsulas of Ireland | County Kerry ... Mt Brandon is a mountain on the Dingle Peninsula, in the west of Ireland. ... The Maharees is a 5km long Tombolo located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. ...

History

On the largest of the Magharee islands, Illauntannig (Irish Oileán tSeanaigh), the ruins of a 7th century monastic site founded by St Senach, stand containing:

• two oratories
• three beehive (or Clochan) huts
• three examples of a leacht (or altar)

Fahan Clochans on the slopes of Mount Eagle, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland A Clochan is drystone hut with a corbelled roof, dating from the early middle ages. ...

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