About Conor Pass Waterfall
Conor Pass Waterfall is by itself not a very remarkable, but you don’t need to work for it physically as it’s right by the car park for it.
It’s why I consider this waterfall to be more of an excuse to explore the popular Conor Pass (An Chonair in Irish Gaelic) on the Dingle Peninsula.
In addition to the roadside panoramas you get from the established Conor Pass area, exploring the nearby waterfall also provides additional panoramas as well as glacial lakes.
One of these lakes is the Lough Doon (Pedlar’s Lake), which is surrounded on three sides by granite walls as well as being the source of the flow of the Conor Pass Waterfall.
In any case, driving up to the Conor Pass and the Conor Pass Waterfall (1.5km to the east of the pass) is an exercise in patience.
That’s because this part of the Wild Atlantic Way is both well-traveled as well as precariously single-lane while hanging on a cliff ledge.
Once at the car park for the waterfall (see directions below), you’ll see that the waterfall is just right there.
However, to linger a bit longer, you have the option of scrambling up the granite slopes and boulders (you’ll likely see other people doing this).
The reward for doing this is to see some of the upper cascades of the waterfall as well as the source of the waterfall at Lough Doon (also called Pedlar’s Lake).
This scramble took me less than 15 minutes in each direction, but I did have to be careful as the surface was slippery in parts.
So good shoes and dry weather are recommended for attempting this, especially when you consider that this is not an official trail.
Overall, I spent about 35 minutes away from the car, but the optional Pedlar’s Lake took most of that time.
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The Conor Pass Waterfall is near the town of Dingle in County Kerry, Ireland. It is administered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, you can try visiting the Dingle Peninsula Tourism website.
The Conor Pass Waterfall resides close to the town of Dingle.
The quickest way to get to the waterfall would be to route to Dingle, and then drive up the R560 Road to Conor Pass for about 7km before continuing another 1.4km to the lay-by in front of the Conor Pass Waterfall.
This drive should take roughly 15 minutes or so (though it could be longer depending on how often and for how long you stop).
However, we actually drove up from Killarney though we had to fight the GPS, which always wanted to take us on some sketchy roads.
So I’ll describe how we should have driven to the Conor Pass Waterfall via the Wild Atlantic Way from Tralee (about 32km north of Killarney via the N22 Road).
From where the N70 and N86 intersect in Tralee, we’d follow the N86 west as it went towards Tonavane Cross and onto the Wild Atlantic Way (WAW).
We’d pretty much follow the N86 for about 15km before keeping right to go onto the R560 towards Conor Pass.
After another 15km, we’d eventually reach the lay-by right in front of the Conor Pass Waterfall.
Overall, this drive would take between 30-60 minutes depending on the number of stops as well as slower drivers along the way.
Again, keep in mind that Conor Pass is another 1.4km west of the lay-by for the Conor Pass Waterfall, and it traverses a single-lane stretch that essentially hugs a cliff ledge.
So I’d imagine this road can be subject to congestion as well as the odd closure if something happens to the road.
For context, Dingle is about 48km (under an hour drive) west of Tralee, about 64km (over an hour drive) northwest of Killarney, 105km (over 90 minutes drive) northwest of Kenmare, 150km (over 2 hours drive) northwest of Cork, about 149km (about 2 hours drive) southwest of Limerick, and 341km (about 4 hours drive) southwest of Dublin.
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360 degree sweep from the car park in front of the waterfall while also soaking in the views of the valley on the east side of O'Connors Pass
360 degree sweep with an upper tier of the O'Connors Pass Waterfall with some surrounding scenery
360 degree sweep from Lough Doon showing a panorama of the east side of O'Connors Pass while also showing a small bit of the tier of the waterfall nearest to the car park
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