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The Valentia Island Heritage Centre at Knight’s Town in County Kerry presents the history of the island and its community, housed in a village that grew around the island’s maritime and industrial past.

Displays cover local life, emigration, the slate quarry, lighthouse and the island’s role in transatlantic communication, along with material useful to those tracing Kerry ancestors. It provides helpful context before exploring the rest of Valentia, and staff can often point visitors towards local records and sites connected to particular families.

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