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A Visit to Ireland: Part 6) Exploring the Dingle Peninsula
One of the highlights of any visit to Ireland is a chance to explore the Dingle Peninsula. While it’s only half as large as the Ivernaugh peninsula (Ring of Kerry), it’s packed with beautiful views and interesting things to see. This peninsula is a rocky place with steep mountains, rugged cliffs, ancient stone fences, beehive huts and other archaeological treasures, and lovely islands just offshore. Using Dingle Town as your base, you can very leisurely drive around the peninsula in a day. The peninsula features Gaelic signs and you’re like to hear local people using the Irish language.
Because the peninsula’s road is very narrow, you’ll be spared the large tour bus traffic of the Ring …
Tagged archaeology, beehive huts, Blasket Island, Dingle, Gallarus Oratory, Ireland
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A Visit to Ireland: Part 5) the town of Dingle (An Daingean)
Dingle (in Irish, An Daingean) is the main town on the Dingle peninsula in County Kerry, with a population of around 1500 people. The Dingle Peninsula sits on Ireland’s west coast just north of the Ivernaugh Peninsula (Ring of Kerry), about 71 km (40 mi) west of Killarney. Dingle is in the Gaeltrecht part of the country, where maintenance of traditional Gaelic language and culture (eg. music, hurling) is encouraged by government subsidies. Historically it was an important trading port but today it’s a great town for tourists to visit.
Colorful storefronts in the small town of Dingle, Ireland
Ireland has many beautiful small towns and Dingle ranks among the finest (and was my favorite of the ones we visited!) Built along a beautiful sheltered harbor and spreading up the slopes of a mountain to the …
