🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Ballylongford: Ford, Friary and Fortress

📍 Kerry🚶 6 stops🚶️ 2.89km⌛ ~55 min

A north Kerry village whose name means 'ford-mouth of anchorage' — loop from the bridge and church at its centre, past the birthplace of 1916 revolutionary The O'Rahilly and a forsaken medieval church, out to the Franciscan ruins of Lislaughtin Abbey and the O'Connor stronghold of Carrigafoyle Castle on the Shannon estuary. Looking for things to do in Ballylongford? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. The Ballylongford Bridge
  2. Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel
  3. Birthplace of The O'Rahilly
  4. Aghavallin Old Church
  5. Lislaughtin Abbey
  6. Carrigafoyle Castle

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