Castle · 0.8 km off the route
Parkavonear Castle
Ruined castle in County Kerry, Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0Ring of Kerry
The N70 round the Iveragh peninsula from Killarney, anticlockwise, and back over Moll's Gap and Ladies View.
- Distance
- 107 miles (172 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- County Kerry
98% on the official route
Book this tripCrossing ferries and the tunnelBeds from KillarneyCover insurance and breakdownSee it all
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 18 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 25
- Curvature
- 139 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 16
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 87 to mile 105. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 86 to mile 106, at 227 degrees of turning a mile.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Tour coaches run anticlockwise, so riding the same way means fewer of them coming at you on narrow bends.
- Ireland uses km/h. Speed limit signs change when you cross from Northern Ireland.
On the way
- Killarney
- Killorglin
- Glenbeigh
- Cahersiveen
- Waterville
- Caherdaniel
- Sneem
- Kenmare
- Moll's Gap
- Ladies View
- Killarney
Ready to ride it?
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1Getting there
Ferries run to Ireland and Northern Ireland from Holyhead, Fishguard, Pembroke, Cairnryan and Liverpool, and to the Isle of Man from Heysham and Liverpool.
Compare every crossing3Cover
Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.
What to check before you buy coverThe country on this route
What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.
Ireland
- Money
- Euro
- Ride on the
- Left
GOV.UK lists no extra road rules for this country beyond the ones for every trip abroad. Read its advice before you go.
- GOV.UK travel adviceSafety, road travel and local laws
- Entry requirementsPassport and visa rules
On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.
Places to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Fort · On the route
Caherdaniel
Town in Munster, Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0_Ring_Fort_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1432501.jpg){kind=link}
Castle · On the route
Derryquin Castle
Castle in Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: William Herbert Stokes (1845-1874), Public domain.JPG){kind=link}
Castle · 0.5 km off the route
Dromore Castle
Manor house in Templenoe, County Kerry, Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Robotforaday at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Castle · 0.6 km off the route
Dunkerron Castle
Castle in Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0_(geograph_3037291).jpg){kind=link}
Pass · On the route
Moll's Gap
Mountain pass in Kerry, Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0
Pass · On the route
Gap of Dunloe
Mountain pass in Kerry, Ireland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Daniel Dudek, CC BY-SA 3.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.