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Other activites offered by Killarney Day
Tour include:
Boat trips to O'Sullivan's Cascade
O'Sullivan's Cascade is a quiet, secluded cascade on
the southern shore of Killarney's Lower Lake, Loch Léin.
A popular tourist spot in Victorian Times, the area can
also be visited via Tomies Wood. See our guiding
page for more details.
Inisfallen Island
Some of the most impressive archaeological remains in
Killarney date from early Christian times, and the most
important of these is the ruined monastery found on Inisfallen
Island in Lough Léin. This monastery was founded in
the 7th century by St. Finian the Leper, and was occupied
for approximately 700 years. Over a period of about 300
of these, the 'Annals of Inisfallen' were written, which
chronicle the early history of Ireland as it was known
to the monks. The Annals are therefore an extremely important
manuscript, and the original copy is kept in a controlled
atmosphere in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The monastery
here is also thought to have given rise to the name Lough
Léin, which means "Lake of Learning". We
run boat trips to Inisfallen on a regular basis. For
more information please email us, or to reserve you
boat trip, please click here.
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