Gap of Dunloe and Black Valley part 1

This is the 11th road trip video in the series, taken during the covid-19 pandemic, on the 28th of May 2021. Restrictions were partly suspended to allow for people in Ireland to travel, with no tourists from other countries yet. This meant quiet roads and towns.

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This video starts just outside of Killarney, County Kerry. We then take the Gap Road to the start of the Gap of Dunloe. Normally we would leave our car at the parking area just outside the Gap and walk on. The road through the Gap of Dunloe is really narrow and twisty and usually there would be a lot of Jaunting Cars (horse carriages) driving through the Gap. It’s not a good idea to drive it by car when the Jaunting Cars are in operation as they can’t reverse and you will always have to go back until they can pass you. Cars have been damaged in the process. Because of the pandemic, there were no Jaunting Cars so we decided to take the chance and drive the Gap by car. (The last time we had driven it by car was in the early 1990s).

After the Gap of Dunloe we drive into the beautiful Black Valley and make our way up to Molly’s cottage. That is where this video ends.

00:00 – start
05:45 – turning into the Gap Road
12:15 – arriving at Kate Kearney’s cottage where we would normally park the car
13:00 – driving into the Gap of Dunloe
15:15 – the stone bridge
19:42 – stop to have a look around
20:50 – moving on
23:30 – big boulders
24:10 – second bridge
25:25 – third bridge
29:00 – stop at the end of the Gap of Dunloe
29:33 – entering the Black Valley
41:45 – the first lake
44:13 – the second lake, Lough Gummeenduff
48:57 – stop before Molly’s cottage
50:05 – Molly’s Cottage

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