O'Sullivans Cascades

Kerry, Munster Grade: 4 - 5 1 and a half KM

Brief Description

A spectacular series of waterfalls running through Tomies woods. Many drops over 20ft.

The most famous being O'Sullivan's Cascade.

River Description

Big tight drops with pools. Great fun run just take care. a must do.

Safety & Access

Hazards

The walk up to the put in. Take Care. make sure you have a rope just in case you need to lower boats or people as it can get slippery when the ground is very wet.

P-Tonging big hazzard

Access Issues

No access issues noted.

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When every thing else is to high or when its pissing down like mad for a few hours

Directions to Put-in

Tomies Woods Killarney, please add to this. Should be found on the ISO maps, its a tourist attraction. Tomies Wood, a fine oak wood nestled between Tomies Mountain and Lough Leane and passing the picturesque O'Sullivan’s Cascade. You get there by driving towards the Gap of Dunloe and take the left turn indicating Lough Leane (before you arrive at the Gap). You will see a "walking man" sign pointing towards Tomies Wood. Park by the side of the road and take the track. Follow the track all the way for about a mile and you arrive at the waterfall.

Directions to Take-out

Take out and put in are the same place. You have to paddle across the lake to get to the base of the falls and then walk up from there. Its a mission but worth it. Again have a look at the ISO map of Killarney and its a fairly obvious dead end road into the shore of the lake.

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O'Sullivans Cascades – whitewater kayaking, Co. Kerry

O'Sullivans Cascades

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Location & Navigation

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Lat: 52.0383170 Lng: -9.5800780

Version Information

Version: 1
Last Updated: 18 Nov 2007
Author: Colin Wong

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