Country’s longest rope bridge The Skywalk installed in Kerry

A 160-year-old subtropical garden on the Skellig coast in South Kerry has installed a “skywalk”, reportedly the country’s longest rope bridge.

It took five months to create the 36ft-high rope bridge spanning 112ft over the Delligeenagh River which runs into the sea through Kells Bay Gardens and House, just off the Ring of Kerry.

The estate had benefitted for many decades from the warm Gulf Stream and its gardens include a profusion of rare Southern Hemisphere plants, tree sculptures and bamboos.