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About Kirbys Lanterns Hotel
Enjoy a stay at Kirby's Lanterns Hotel. Superb accomodation, great food and friendly service. Music sessions every weekend. Call to Kirby's Lanterns Hotel where a warm welcome always awaits you. Significant interest to naval people. The story: >John Paul Jones was an American naval hero who preyed on British shipping during the Revolutionary War, he had a reputation as a resourceful and successful raider. So notorius did he become that he was known to the British as "The Yankee Pirate". In 1776, after sinking a ship in Carlingford Lough he was pursued by two British gun boats. Weather conditions were very bad and he was forced to take shelter in the Shannon Estuary - in Tarbert Bay. The gunboats anchored outside the bay and kept watch through the night. They intended to capture John Paul Jones at dawn. The ever resourceful John Paul Jones sent his men ashore with instructions to hang the ships lanterns high in nearby woods. The marines assumed that the lighted lanterns were those of the anchored "Providence". The daring colourful hero, John Paul Jones sailed out of Tarbert Bay under cover of darkness past the waiting gunboats. It was not until dawn that the marines realised that once again they had been out manoeuvered by John Paul Jones. Kirbys Lanterns Hotel overlooks the very bay that Jones escaped from.
Kirbys Lanterns Hotel Rooms
Kirbys Lanterns Hotel boasts twenty two ensuite rooms. This includes eight deluxe rooms with beautifully carved four poster beds. The bridal suite has both four poster and jacuzzi bath. The remainder of our rooms are all furnished to a very high standard. All rooms are complete with T.V. plus tea/coffee making facilities.
Kirbys Lanterns Hotel Location
The family run Kirbys Lanterns Hotel, overlooking the Majestic Shannon Estuary, is an ideal tourist base for Kerry, Limerick and Clare is located on the Glin/Tarbert coast road, Tarbert Co. Kerry.
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Kirbys Lanterns Hotel is central to many of the wonderful amenities avialable in Kerry. Central to magnificent golf courses such as Ballybunion and its breathtaking beaches. Take the opportunity to visit Tralees many attractions from the Blennerville Windmill to the action packed AquaDome, all within a short 40 minute drive from the hotel. As Kerry is famed for its walks and hiking why not sample some of our scenic mountains and coastlines or follow the Kerry way and take a trip back in Irish history. Make your stay in Kerry memorable packing your days with adventures into both the past and present of Irish life. A stones throw from some of Kerrys most famed attractions, Kirbys Lanterns Hotel is the obvious choice!
