Ice-cream and summertime go hand in hand - and here in Kerry our ice cream producers combine the freshest of milk from Kerry's world famous dairy queens with delicious high quality flavourings! We've listed the cream of the crop - ice cream made in Kerry by local farmers and entrepreneurs, in the most unique locations,
Whether on Valentia Island, Ballybunion, Tralee Bay or the Skellig Coast you will find delicious ice cream and sweet treats wherever you go, and you'll often be surprised at where ice cream vans (or horse boxes) will pop up.
Valentia Ice Cream
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Valentia Island Farmhouse Ice Cream is created with full fat milk and cream from the Daly herd. The moment you take a spoonful, you can taste pure magic.
Kenmare Ice Cream
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Kenmare Ice Cream made right here in Kenmare with fresh Lee Strand Milk and Cream. 20 flavours of scooped ice cream and our own recipe fresh Whippy.
Murphy's Ice Cream
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HANDMADE IN DINGLE: There’s no real trick to what we do, we just take care and use the best of everything. Murphy's Ice Cream uses milk from the rare, indigenous breed of Kerry cow because the milk is so wonderful. We have a great team…
Murphys Ice Cream - Killarney
HANDMADE IN DINGLE: There’s no real trick to what we do, we just take care and use the best of everything. Murphy's Ice Cream uses milk from the rare, indigenous breed of Kerry cow because the milk is so wonderful. We have a great team…
Farming & Food Heritage Visitor Attractions
Back to Top of ListIf you enjoy day trips out with all the family that involve ice cream, we have a few suggestions!
Kids will love the Kerry Creamery Experience's farm-themed playground and their Dairy Maid’s Tea Room serving freshly ground coffee and tea along with some homemade delights. For a dose of dairy farming nostalgia, this visitor attraction will bring you on a tour of the ingenious creamery systems that were used before modern technology took over.
We, the Garland family, would like to welcome you to the Kerry Creamery Experience which is a unique attraction and the first and only creamery experience in Ireland. Only 10 minutes drive from Killarney, visitors can relive the memories and see the ingenious creamery systems that were…
At Muckross Traditional Farms you can visit three separate working farms (small, medium and large), each complete with animals, poultry and machinery. The farm dwellings are furnished in traditional style, complete with dressers, settle beds and meal bins. There is also a Labourer’s Cottage, a Carpenter’s Workshop and a Blacksmith’s Forge. The traditional farms are open March - October.
Muckross Traditional Farms, preserves in real life the farming traditions of rural Ireland in the past. Visit three separate working farms (small, medium and large), each complete with animals, poultry and machinery. The farm dwellings are furnished in traditional style, complete with dressers…
The Famous 99, Pop Up Parlours & Hidden Gems
Back to Top of ListMuckross Creamery
FARM TOURS By Appointment only POP UP ICE CREAM PARLOUR At certain events and festivals throughout the year.
Walkers along the mid-Kerry uplands passing the Stepping Stone Bed & Breakfast will be pleasantly surprised with the delicious Bridia Valley Ice Cream - hand made and served inusual flavours such as Fresh lemon, Raspberry with Mint, Brown Soda Bread with Irish cream liqueur, Chocolate with Chili and Caraway. Located in the heart of the Bridia Valley within the Reeks District, walkers exploring the uplands of mid Kerry will be thrilled with this welcome treat! Location: Magahnlawaun Bridia Valley, Maghanlawaun, Glencar, V93A8N1.
Muckross Creamery offers farm tours by appointment only, but their ice cream parlour pops up at various events and festivals throughout the year!
This is not an exhaustive list of all the great places to get ice cream in Kerry and there are plenty more options for any ice cream request. Whether you prefer a 99 (an Irish classic) or some luxury, unusual flavours Kerry has it all!
Explore Kerry
Tralee
VISITTralee
Known for the International Rose of Tralee festival, Tralee is on the doorstep of the most enthralling watersports facilities around Kerry, and its bay is a safe harbour for many forms of marine life. Tralee has much of Kerry's best rainy day…
Learn MoreKillarney
VISITKillarney
Famed for Muckross House & Gardens, the Lakes of Killarney and the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney is a walkers and cyclists paradise. Connected to ten thousand hectares of national park, your visit can be as active or as easy as you'd like!
Learn MoreListowel & North Kerry
VISITListowel & North Kerry
Listowel's rich cultural and literary heritage is celebrated throughout its lively pubs and vibrant festival programme & writers museum. Kerry's wild coastline wraps around the jagged cliffs at Ballybunion as the County heads northwards to the…
Learn MoreKenmare
VISITKenmare
Nestled and sheltered by Kenmare Bay, Kenmare and its surrounding areas from the Ring of Kerry / Iveragh Peninsula down into the Beara Peninsula, is a nexus of art, culture, luxury hotels, boutiques, archaeological sites & natural beauty all around.
Learn MoreGaeltacht Areas / Gaeltachtaí
Explore Kerry's dynamic Irish speaking regions for a flavour of Kerry's culture as it was shaped by the landscape over many generations.
Learn MoreReeks District
VISITReeks District
Fall under the spell of the highlands of Kerry where amongst Ireland's highest peaks, the mighty Carrauntoohil rises up and from its summit you will see views out over the neighbouring Dingle Peninsula and out into the Atlantic Ocean.
Learn MoreDingle Peninsula Corca Dhuibhne
A vibrant peninsula on the very edge of Europe with a thriving culture of Irish language, Dingle Peninsula / Corca Dhuibhne is a busting Gaeltacht full of arts, culture, music & archaeological sites of global importance.
Learn MoreSkellig Coast
VISITSkellig Coast
For charming fishing villages, the best views of the Skellig Islands, the charm and beauty of the Skellig Coast is remote, wild and stunning.
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