The Conor Pass is said to be the highest mountain pass in Ireland. The road is quite narrow in places and passing oncoming traffic can be harrowing. I wanted to drive over the pass on the way to Dingle rather than taking the easier route down the main highway from Tralee. Cynthia was nervous, but agreed to cross if the weather was good. As it turned out, the weather was good and so we crossed. It should also be noted that we crossed on Friday the 13th. Cynthia is a little superstitious, so this was significant.
We were fortunate that there was not a lot of traffic on this road on the day we went over.
Here is a video I shot of our crossing using a GoPro Hero 3 Black mounted to the outside of the rental car. You can see the truly narrow point about midway through the video.
This drive offers one of the most dramatic and scenic ways of entering or leaving Dingle.
Hi Jay, Emily and Bill here doing some research n an upcoming trip to Ireland. Found this on tripadvisor. Bald heretic sounded familiar but I couldn’t place it. What a fun surprise to see your name at the end! I’ll have to poke around your site some more.