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View from Connor Pass – Ventry Beach loop from Dingle Distillery

View from Connor Pass – Ventry Beach loop from Dingle Distillery

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5.0

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View from Connor Pass – Ventry Beach loop from Dingle Distillery

05:05

107km

1,330m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Start point

Parking

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56.1 km

View from Connor Pass

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

A great climb from either direction, but be especially careful descending down the northside. It's particularly narrow.

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74.1 km

This vast, crescent-shaped bay offers one of the peninsula's safest and most beautiful sandy beaches. Only the view is somewhat spoiled by the caravans behind the beach. For the cyclist, the passage along this Blue Flag beach is a relief: a flat road with a wide view of the crystal-clear water and the green headlands protecting the bay. The rugged peaks of Mount Eagle lie in the background.

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76.7 km

Slea Head Drive

Highlight • Cycleway

Slea Head Drive unfolds as one of Ireland's most impressive coastal drives, where the road winds along rugged cliffs and open Atlantic vistas. As you cycle westward, the landscape opens up to the Blasket Islands, lying as dark silhouettes in the ocean. The route passes by spots like Dunmore Head and Coumeenoole Bay, where the surf crashes against the rocks and the light constantly shifts. It is a region where nature and history intertwine: ancient agricultural terraces mark the slopes, and traces of early Christian settlements are scattered across the landscape. The whole experience feels like a journey along the edge of Europe, where every turn offers a new panorama and the Atlantic wind sets the rhythm of the day.

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80.7 km

Fahan Beehive Huts and Coastal Cliffs View

Highlight • Historical Site

Directly along the spectacular Slea Head Drive lie these unique 'clocháin' or beehive huts. These conical stone structures, built without cement using the ancient dry-stone method, once housed early Christian hermits. From the bike, you have a phenomenal view here of the cliffs that fall sheer into the Atlantic Ocean, with the contours of the Blasket Islands on the horizon.

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83.5 km

Slea Head Crucifixion Scene

Highlight • Monument

Marked by a cross, as many high or exposed locations, the point offers a grand panorama. The steep cliffs are impressive. To the south, on a clear day, you can clearly see the heights of Valentia Island. To the west the silhouette of the Blasket Islands and to the north the curve of the beautiful Coomeenole beach, where scenes from the film Ryan's Daughter were filmed. On the slopes you can distinguish other stone huts, some covered with earth and grass. As you approach the beach, you will see on the left some abandoned houses, now used for vegetable gardens whose land has been enriched over the years with a mixture of sand and seaweed: cultivation is still carried out by hand, with shovels and pickaxes. Due to the steepness of the fields, the plough only appeared in the region very late. Beyond Coomeenole the cliffs become lower and the landscape greener, up to Dunquin (5 km from Slea Head). Be careful when you get close to the edge, the cliffs gradually collapse.

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84.9 km

View of the Blasket Islands from Slea Head

Highlight • Viewpoint

In the western most point of the Dingle Peninsula is Slea Head. Dunmore Head, the promontory to the west of here, is the most westerly point in Ireland. The views of the Blasket Islands are simply stunning.

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88.5 km

Stranger's Takeaway

Highlight • Restaurant

90.9 km

View of Ceann Sibéal

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the parking lot of Ceann Sratha (Clogher), you look directly at the monumental red sandstone cliffs of Ceann Sibéal. These 200-meter-high rock faces cut through the Atlantic surf like a knife and served as a spectacular backdrop for the Jedi temple in Star Wars. For cyclists, this spot offers an unparalleled 360-degree view: from the jagged 'teeth' of the Blasket Islands in the south to the distant contours of Mount Brandon in the north.

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107 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

77.2 km

18.9 km

10.6 km

509 m

Surfaces

106 km

509 m

303 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

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Weather

Sunday 30 August

18°C

14°C

13 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

April 23, 2022,Ride Dingle 2022 120km route

Super clear day for it. Strong ENE wind made the Connor Pass and the descent to Camp hard work, but pushed us back to Dingle at the end too.

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View from Connor Pass – Ventry Beach loop from Dingle Distillery

View from Connor Pass

Ventry Beach

Slea Head Drive

Fahan Beehive Huts and Coastal Cliffs View

Slea Head Crucifixion Scene

View of the Blasket Islands from Slea Head

Stranger's Takeaway

View of Ceann Sibéal

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