Fahan

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Fahan is an area on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, noted for a collection of clochán, or drystone beehive huts. Fahan lies below Mount Eagle on the southern coast of the Dingle peninsula, to the west of the fishing village of Ventry and to the east of the steep cliffs of Slea Head. Fahan has many antiquities, including cave dwellings, stone beehive huts, stone monuments and forts. ()

Built: XIII centuryCoordinates: 52°6'6"N, 10°25'17"W

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Fahan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gallarus Oratory, Dunbeg Fort, Mount Eagle, Reask.

5.8 miNE
Ruins, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Gallarus Oratory, Dingle
148 min walk • Nestled in the picturesque landscape of the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, Gallarus Oratory stands as an architectural marvel and a testament to early Christian heritage. This impeccably preserved stone church, believed to have been constructed between the 6th and 9th...
0.6 miE
Historical place, Archaeological site
Dunbeg Fort, Ventry
15 min walk • Dunbeg Fort is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland.
1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Eagle
31 min walk • Mount Eagle is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.
4.8 miN
Archaeological site
Reask
122 min walk • Reask is a ruined early Monastic site located 1 km east of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, County Kerry, Ireland. Although nothing remains of the buildings but low walls and a cross-slab standing stone which sits in the middle of the compound.
4.9 miN
Prehistoric site
Ferriter's Cove
126 min walk • Ferriter's Cove is a small bay located at the westernmost point of Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is in the Dún Urlainn parish and electoral division of the Dingle rural area.
5.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Gallarus Castle
149 min walk • Gallarus Castle is a four-storey rectangular tower house in Baile na nGall, County Kerry, Ireland and is notable as one of the few fortified structures preserved on the Dingle Peninsula.
3.8 miW
Island
Beiginis
96 min walk • Beginish is one of the Blasket Islands of County Kerry, Ireland.
5.3 miNE
Archaeological site
St. Manchan's Oratory
135 min walk • St. Manchan's Oratory, also called An Teampall Geal is a medieval oratory and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland.
4.5 miN
52°9'60"N • 10°24'22"W
Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Dingle
116 min walk • Museum
5.1 miW
Island, Neighbourhood
Blasket Islands, Great Blasket Island
131 min walk • The Blasket Islands are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.