Beaufort, County Kerry

Beaufort Lios an Phúca
Village
Beaufort Bridge
Beaufort Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°04′08″N 09°38′20″W / 52.06889°N 9.63889°W / 52.06889; -9.63889
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Kerry
Elevation	34.155 m (112.056 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	251

Beaufort (

Edward Day, Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1782, lived here until his death in 1808. His estate later passed to his nephew, the Reverend John Robert Fitzgerald-Day, who lived at Beaufort from the 1840s to his death in 1881.

In 1911, Kalem Company, an American moving-picture company spent several weeks in the village shooting films. Among the company: the director

Olcott returned to Beaufort each summer until 1914. He rented the hotel owned by Patrick O'Sullivan who also owned a pub, which still exists today: The Beaufort Bar.[4]

Historical sites

Over 100 historical sites have been identified and mapped in the area including the Dunloe Ogham Stones, two castle ruins, and Dunloe Castle, built in 1207. The ruins of two ancient churches still stand in the parish today. One, situated at Kilgobnet on O'Shea's land and associated with St. Gobnait, the other in Churchtown burial ground, which is more than five centuries old.^[5] Ballymalis Castle, located 4 km to the northwest of Beaufort, is a National Monument.^{[citation needed]}

The Beaufort Bridge over the River Laune was built in 1837.^{[citation needed]}

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