€3.4m greenway project a huge boost for Kerry

A 26km greenway to be developed along a disused railway line skirting the Atlantic along the Ring of Kerry is expected to become an internationally rated tourist attraction.

Public Transport Minister Alan Kelly yesterday announced €3.4m for the greenway from Glenbeigh to Cahirciveen, on a section of the Great Southern Railway which closed in 1960.

Describing it as “an exceptional and unique visitor attraction,” he said it would bring cycling tourists and visitors from all over the world to the Ring of Kerry, creating upwards of 80 jobs between construction and sustainable employment when in operation.