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Coordinates: 52°10′17″N 9°33′01″W / 52.1713°N 9.550381°W

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Farranfore An Fearann Fuar
Village
Farranfore railway station
Farranfore Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°10′17″N 9°33′01″W / 52.1713°N 9.550381°W / 52.1713; -9.550381
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Kerry
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	Q932036

Farranfore (Irish: An Fearann Fuar, meaning 'the cold land')^[1] is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It lies on the N22 road approximately midway between Tralee (10 miles or 17 km) and Killarney (9 miles or 15 km) and on the railway line connecting the 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 and 1960, Farranfore railway station, which opened on 18 July 1859,^[2] was known as Farranfore Junction, as it was the point where one boarded for the spectacular train ride to Valentia Harbour, which was the westernmost railway in Europe.^{[citation needed]}

Farranfore is notable in particular for its nearby airport, known as Kerry Airport. The single runway at Farranfore saw intensive use when Ryanair opened a base at the airport in July 2008. Ryanair flies daily from Farranfore to London Stansted, London Luton and Frankfurt-Hahn. In the wake of its disagreements with Cork Airport, it announced that it was moving its Liverpool service from Cork to Farranfore from June 2006 (this service subsequently ended later that year).

Notable people

Jack Sherwood, footballer
Donal Daly, footballer

References

^ "An Fearann Fuar/Farranfore". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Farranfore station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 4 September 2007.

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