|— Town —| |Elevation||8 m (26 ft)| |Irish Grid
Reference||V908709| Kenmare (Irish: An Neidín, meaning "the
little nest") is a small town (population 2175 - CSO 2011) in
the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the
anglicised form of Ceann Mara meaning "head of the sea",
referring to the head of Kenmare Bay. Kenmare is located at the
head of Kenmare Bay (where it reaches the farthest inland),
sometimes called the Kenmare River, where the Roughty River (An
Ruachtach) flows into the sea, and at the junction of the
Iveragh Peninsula and the Beara Peninsula. The traditional Irish
name of the bay was Inbhear Scéine from the Celtic inver, which
is recorded in the 11th Century narrative Lebor Gabála Érenn as
the arrival point of the mythological Irish ancestor Partholón.
It is also located near the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Mangerton
Mountain and Caha Mountains and is a popular hillwalking
destination. Nearby towns and villages are Tuosist, Ardgroom,
Glengarriff, Kilgarvan, Killarney, Templenoe and Sneem