‘Scenic view diminished by council salt depot’ in Kerry

Kerry County Council has been asked to “open its eyes” to the diminishment of one of the most spectacular viewing points in the country, because an unsightly winter salt-and-grit depot has been set up there.

Dooneen, in Gleansharoon, at the entrance to Kerry, on the N21, is the valley of the secrets. From the valley underneath, Glean Seathrúin gives out no inkling of its sweeping views.

High over the entrance to Castleisland, it allows the eye to extend across Kerry to Tralee Bay, to the west, and the MacGillicuddy’s Reeks and the Gap of Dunloe.