Valentia Island a candidate for World Heritage status

Valentia Island has strong merit for consideration as a World Heritage Site, according to Al Gillespie from the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

Prof Gillespie will be attending the launch of The Transatlantic Communications & Light Gathering on the Co Kerry island this weekend.

“Many people in Ireland know that the place where the Atlantic cable linked the New World to Europe was at Valentia, but what many people in Ireland do not know is that the Valentia site has strong merit for being considered a World Heritage Site,” he said.