The Gap of Dunloe is a wild and rugged gap excavated by forging ice flows during the last ice age. It is sign posted off the R562 road to Killorglin and runs outside the western perimeter of the National Park. Cars can be left at Kate Kearney’s Cottage from where the energetic can walk, while the more relaxed can hire a pony and trap or ride ponies for the trip through the Gap and back.