Almost one third of 90 townlands in South Kerry Gaeltacht uninhabited

Almost a third of the more than 90 townlands in the South Kerry Gaeltacht are now uninhabited, with poor access to services one of the main reasons people are leaving the area.

Most people leave Iveragh for work in Cork, Dublin and Limerick, and bigger towns in Kerry, rather than heading abroad, a survey attached to a new Údarás na Gaeltachta survival plan has revealed.