Waterville is a town situated on the Iveragh peninsula, on a narrow isthmus, with Lough Currane on the east side of the town, Ballinskelligs Bay on the west, and the Currane River connecting the two. The N70 Ring of Kerry route passes through the town.

In the 1880s the Commercial Cable Company laid their first Transatlantic telegraph cable from Waterville to Canso, Nova Scotia. The cable station at Waterville was clearly an impressive self-contained community. The buildings that remain are in good repair and many vestiges of corporate styling remain. It is well worth a visit and I hope some, at least, of the remaining vestiges of the Commercial Cable Company can be preserved.

Waterville is known worldwide for its 18 hole championship golf course - Over 100 years old, Waterville is rated among the top 5 courses in Ireland and the top 20 links courses in the world. The course was a noted training venue for British Open by four of last five champions and combines sand dunes gorse and native grasses, firm fairways, sod faced bunkers and subtle putting surfaces all intertwined by the ever changing weather.

The town was a favorite holiday spot of Charlie Chaplin and his family. There is a statue of him in the centre of the village in his memory. It is the home of Mick O'Dwyer, footballer and former Kerry football manager in the 1970's and '80's.