Place: Derrynane House

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Irish historian explains why he didn't take history for his Leaving Cert

As a documentary on Eamon de Valera’s time in America airs, historian and author Ryle Dwyer looks at how history is taught here — and explains why he did not take the subject for his Leaving Cert.

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There are 'no plans' to provide a sewerage scheme in Portmagee Star Wars filming spot

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50th anniversary of visit by Charles de Gaulle to be marked in Co Kerry

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The Islands of Ireland: At liberty to roam on Abbey Island

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Vintage View: A family holiday with a history lesson

House of the week: Derrynane, Kerry, €375,000

It must be tough on the Kerry locals, but Cork people have such an affinity to Derrynane, they’re inclined to think they own the heavenly beautiful spot, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2016

Derrynane Hotel has sale agreed

An end-of-summer ‘Sale Agreed’ has been posted up on the Ring of Kerry’s jewel-set Derrynane Hotel, which went to the open market in May.

Thu, 27 Aug, 2015

Daniel O’Connell’s ancestral home gets €1.25m revamp

The ancestral home of Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator, officially reopened yesterday after a €1.25m makeover.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2015

Little doors are opening for the fairy business

Fairy trails and miniature houses have proved as popular with adults as with children, with big interest also from abroad, says Nuala Wolfe

Thu, 25 Sep, 2014

Office of Public Works seeks private facilities for heritage sites

The cash-strapped Office of Public Works is to open concessions, such as restaurants and playgrounds, at 17 of the country’s most popular heritage sites in order to generate funds to pay for all the heritage locations it operates across the country.

Tue, 26 Nov, 2013

State urged to declare memorial day for O’Connell

An eminent historian has called on the State to declare a Daniel O’Connell national memorial day to honour “the father of Irish democracy”.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2013

Anger at Derrynane House closure

Fáilte Ireland representatives and tourism groups on the Ring of Kerry are to pressure the Office of Public Works to postpone the closure of Derrynane House, the museum home of Daniel O’Connell, in the year of The Gathering.

Mon, 04 Feb, 2013

Hollywood wooed for O’Connell film in Kerry

Hollywood could again be on the way to Kerry to make a movie about one of the country’s greatest 19th century figures.

Thu, 24 Jan, 2013

O’Connell home gets €1.2m revamp

The way has been paved for a €1.2m upgrade of Derrynane House, the museum home of the “Liberator” Daniel O’Connell in south Kerry.

Thu, 10 May, 2012

Trading Up

CONNA, CORK €340,000

Sat, 07 Apr, 2012

O’Connell burial upholds family traditions

IT was a funeral with a rich historical resonance, but few local people would have taken much notice of the procession of mourners along a beautiful, wind-blown sea shore in south Kerry.

Wed, 18 Jan, 2012

Liberator’s home to get €1.2m tourist makeover

THE ancestral Kerry home of Daniel O’Connell is to receive a €1.2 million upgrade which, it is hoped, will turn it into a “must do” tourist attraction.

Fri, 04 Nov, 2011