Lough Leane & Innisfallen Boat Trip

About

From the pier at Ross Castle, open boats run out across Lough Leane to Innisfallen Island, where a monastery founded around the seventh century kept the Annals of Inisfallen, one of the key chronicles of medieval Ireland. The trip lands you on the island to wander the ruins among the trees, with life jackets supplied and a guide who knows the lake. It is the gentlest way onto the water, and a good shorter alternative to the full Gap of Dunloe day.

Highlights

• ✓An open-boat trip on Lough Leane from Ross Castle
• ✓Landing on Innisfallen Island and its early-medieval monastery
• ✓The home of the Annals of Inisfallen
• ✓Life jackets supplied; a licensed, guided trip

Tips

• →Departs from the pier at Ross Castle, roughly hourly through the day in season.
• →A shorter, calmer option than the full Gap of Dunloe trip.
• →Bring a layer; it is cooler out on the open lake.

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