- Farranfore
Infobox Irish Place
name = Farranfore
gaeilge = An Fearann Fuarmotto =
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province =Munster
county =County Kerry
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|Farranfore (Irish place name|An Fearann Fuar|the cold land) is a village in
County Kerry ,Ireland . It lies on the N22 road approximately midway betweenTralee (17 km) andKillarney (15km) and on the railway line connecting those two towns.Farranfore came into existence as a turnpike; a gate at the cross-roads in the village marked the boundary of the lands of the Earls of Kenmare.
Transport
*Between
1893 and1960 ,Farranfore railway station , which opened on18 July 1859 [cite web | title=Farranfore station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-04] ,was known as Farranfore Junction, as it was the point where one boarded for the spectacular train ride to Valentia Harbour, which was the western-most railway in Europe.
*Farranfore is notable in particular for its airport, known asKerry Airport . The single runway at Farranfore saw intensive use whenRyanair mounted a boycott ofShannon International Airport (north of theRiver Shannon inCounty Clare ) and routed its flights to and fromGermany through Kerry Airport. As of March2006 , Ryanair continues to fly from Farranfore to Stansted and Frankfurt-Hahn on a daily basis. In the wake of its disagreements with Cork Airport, it has announced that it will move its Liverpool service from Cork to Farranfore from June 2006. (This service started on13 June 2006 ).Aer Arann also flies from Farranfore airport; there are multiple daily flights to Dublin, and regular flights to Manchester and Lorient.ee also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland.
External links
* [http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp?letter=F&action=showdetail&station_id=59 Farranfore railway station]
* [http://www.kerryairport.ie/about/ Kerry Airport]References
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