On the Ring of Kerry, in the idyllic coastal village of Waterville, there is a hotel.  Oil tablecloths, magnolia walls and gilt-framed maritime paintings make up the decor. The bedrooms are bare except for a few pieces of outmoded furniture, but the windows, facing out across beautiful Ballinskelligs Bay, have shown the same view for more than a century.  Founded as a 28-room hotel in 1912 by Martin Huggard, an enterprising farmer and fisherman, the Bay View has survived a civil war, two world wars, the tumult of the 20th century and several owners.  Huggard went on with his wife…

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