Smerwick Group

The Smerwick Group is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the Dingle peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. The name is derived from the village of Smerwick (Irish: Ard na Caithne) where the strata are exposed in coastal sections on either side of Smerwick Harbour, a deep bay on the peninsula's northwest coast.

Smerwick Group
Stratigraphic range: Emsian
Type	Group
Unit of	Old Red Sandstone
Sub-units	Sauce Creek, Ballydavid and Farran Sandstone formations
Underlies	Pointagare Group (unconformity)
Overlies	Dingle Group (unconformity)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	conglomerate
Location
Region	Munster
Country	Ireland
Extent	Southwest Ireland
Type section
Named for	Smerwick

Lithology and stratigraphy

The Group comprises the Sauce Creek, Ballydavid and Farran Sandstone formations of Devonian age including strata of fluvial and aeolian origin and conglomerates.