The R584, in the Shehy Mountains

Pass of Keimaneigh

From Kealkill to Ballingeary

Length: 9.7 mi
Climbing: 1,010 ft
Highest point: 696 ft
Steepest: 14%

Its bends, along ittwistiest at the dashed line

The R584 climbs from Kealkill into the Shehy Mountains and through the Pass of Keimaneigh, a narrow cut in the rock with crags close on both sides, then runs down past the turning for Gougane Barra to Ballingeary.

Gougane Barra, where the River Lee begins, is a short way off the road: a lake in a ring of mountains, with St Finbarr's little chapel on its island. The pass is narrow, so take it steadily, and in the Gaeltacht beyond it the road signs are in Irish.

Gentle bends
Hills either side

More roads

The N71, between Kenmare and Killarney
Moll's Gap
From Kenmare to Ladies View
The R574, over the Caha Mountains
Healy Pass
From Adrigole to Lauragh
The Skellig Ring, on the Iveragh Peninsula
Coomanaspig Pass
From St Finian's Bay to Portmagee

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