About Mannix Point on the Ring of Kerry Coast
Hello, I’m Mortimer.
My family name is Moriarty but you may prefer to address me as
(Muircheartach Seosamh Breandan Ó Muircheartaigh),
which is my full name in Irish.
I’d like to welcome you to the Mannix Point Caravan & Camping Website and later, I hope, to the campsite.
Situated at the edge of Europe, this tranquil park with 500 metres of waterfront is spectacularly located.
It is surrounded on three sides by hills and mountains and faces the Atlantic islands of
Valentia and Beginish on the south west.
It is described in prestigious travel guides as “one of the best campsites in Ireland”; “one
of our best addresses”; “a nature lovers paradise” and much more.
Mannix Point was opened as a Camping and Caravan Park in 1984. It was very small and very basic.
Everyone said “Don’t change anything. It’s perfect”.
Each year since then I made changes and each year people said “This is perfect.
Don’t change anything”. In another twenty years it may be “perfect”. We’ll see!
Mannix Point is a special place. That’s not just my biased opinion.
Mannix Point has won fifteen national and international awards including The Award of Excellence
and The Best Welcome in Europe.
You will find a full range of facilities here. Hygiene and cleanliness are high on our agenda.
I have been a walker and camper all my adult life and I know how important it is to step in to a clean,
hot shower. The laundry is equipped with two commercial washing machines and two commercial driers plus a sink for hand washing.
Clothes lines are available outside.
Washing up facilities, with continuous hot water, are also in this room.
The Camper’s Kitchen is well equipped with crockery and pottery plus cookers, microwave fridges and freezer.
(These facilities were not available when I was camping!) The adjoining dining room is comfortable and spacious.
“Making new friends” by Sharon Houlihan
(Photo Competition Winner 2012)
“Two tents at night” by Martin Laduch
(Photo Competition Winner 2013)
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Mortimer Moriarty
He is fascinating, so engaging, eyes that sparkle with delight
He’s known as Mortimer Moriarty, Kerry’s number one
He’s a mine of information, got a penchant for libation
He’s the greatest in the nation when all is said & done
All the time he has a smile and it’s the warmest on the isle
So raise a glass to sweet old Mortimer and go tell everyone
Diddle dee idle dee, diddle dee idle dee, fiddle dee idle derry o
A-diddle dee fiddle dee twiddle dee dum dee, diddle dee idle dee
He changed his name & rearranged it so the English could pronounce it
And I’d say that’s jolly decent after all the blood we spilled
All the land we grabbed in violence and the families that we silenced
And especially all the hatred with the Irish heart we filled
Now it’s never too late to make amends and start again as friends
So have a piss into my Guinness and I’ll drink it with a will
Diddle dee etc
Oh god I’ve wandered off the subject, started waxing about the tragic
Someone pour me some more magic and I’ll carry on me tale
It was Mortimer in Kerry, sure he made me feel quite merry
Soon as I got off the ferry he brought sunshine to my day
Though me accent’s not authentic I can say it because I mean it
I’m at home in County Kerry ’cause he made me feel that way
Diddle dee etc
So to sum up, if that’s possible, you can take it or not as gospel
I’ve a soul I left in Ireland, and to me it’s very dear,
On a campsite in Cahersiveen with sunsets like I’ve never seen
You’re treated like a king or queen, of that you’ll have no fear
So there’s an advert for you Mortimer and I won’t charge a Euro
Just as long as we get the same pitch when we come again next year
Diddle dee etc
Yes he is fascinating, so engaging, eyes that sparkle with delight
He’s known as Mortimer Moriarty, Kerry’s number one
He’s a mine of information, got a penchant for libation
He’s the greatest in the nation when all is said & done
All the time he has a smile and it’s the warmest on the isle
So raise a glass to sweet old Mortimer and go tell everyone
Diddle dee idle dee, diddle dee idle dee, fiddle dee idle derry o
A-diddle dee fiddle dee twiddle dee dum dee, diddle dee idle dee
