Ireland - Dingle Town & Dingle Peninsula Photo Gallery by Bill Connell at pbase.com

Ireland - Dingle Town & Dingle Peninsula

Dingle, a town of about 1,100 people, it is a fishing village which seems to have adapted well to the tourist trade. People in Dingle (as everywhere we visited) are very friendly and seem to appreciate the visitors.
In Dingle Town I took a tour with Sciuird Archaeological tours run by Tim and Michael Collins.
This is not designed as a scenic tour, although you can't go anywhere around Dingle without wonderful scenery. You can book this tour at Kirrary B&B at the corner of Dykegate & Grey's lane in Dingle. A great historic tour run by knowledgeable people.

Dingle-shops	Dingle Houses
School-Kids	School-dingle	Street-rock-dingle
dingle-street	downtown-dingle	lower-dingle-street
pompus-palm	Where-we-stayed--marina-lodge	Christis
Dingle-wall	Fungi	boat-ride-to-see-Fungi
fungi	tourboat	Dingle-marina
Dingle-marina	boats-nets	Dingle-private-marina
	fishing-boat	fishing-boats
flora	houses-from-boat	near-dingle-lodge
rocky-coast	watchTower	watchtower-dingle
Coast-sleaHead	Blasket Islands	Carole-Dunbeg-fort
Dingle-coast	Gallarus-Oratory	Gallarus
Magheracar	Out-van window	Ryans-Daughter
SleaHead-coast	SleaHeadVista	Stone-Hut
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sheep-rocksleaHead	sleaHead-monument	The Captain's House B&B, Dingle
The Captain's House B&B	Captain's House conservatory - east side	Captain's House conservatory - west side
table	Captain's House - fireplace	Captain's House garden
Captain's House garden	table setting	Breakfast buffet table
My breakfast before the cooked portion	The Full Irish breakfast	Second morning I had scrambled eggs
Dingle scenes	Dingle scenes	Dingle scenes
Dingle scenes	Dingle scenes	Dick Mack's pub
sign outside Dick Mack's	Wedding announcement - inside Dick Mack's	right side of Dick Mack's
left side of Dick Mack's - shoe repair	many Pubs in Dingle	many Pubs in Dingle
many Pubs in Dingle	046.jpg	Dingle scenes
Right across from "The Little Bridge"	I had the Salmon	Great food everywhere in Dingle
Small, but good food	Roger & Glenda, met them on the bus to Dingle	Another fine place to eat
Roger, Glenda & Bill enjoy a meal	Feile na Bealtaine (May Festival)	May festival in Dingle - dancing
Feile na Bealtaine (May Festival) - kids too	May festival in Dingle	Dingle area from bus window
Dingle area from bus window	Dingle area from bus window	Dingle area from bus window
Dingle area from bus window	Dingle area from bus window	Blasket islands
If walls could talk . . . . . .	boat to Blaskets



		Michael Collins our tour guide
Ventry house - First stop on the tour	Ogham stones on Ventry estate	Michael explaining Ogham stone writing
more of our tour	Ogham stone had writing in lines on the edge	closer view of ogham stones
the writing looks like early 'bar-codes'	Ogham stone	The Dingle Peninsula has the largest collection of Ogham stones
Reasc - Early Christian monastic site	this site dates from the 6th. century	it was in use for about 400 years
Reasc - here were two oratories at this site	very thick walls	lots of stone
no mortar used	these markers indicate pilgrimage trails
Looking over Gallarus Oratory	Michael Collins explains Oratory construction	Oratory window
Ogham stone at Gallurus Oratory site	Ring fort	living area inside ring fort
another home	Glenda shows thickness of walls	Michael explains ring fort use
escape hole or drain?	low entrance - good for defence	passage way between units
took lots of stone	Captain's House B&B great place to stay	In the garden - Captain's House B&B
In the garden - Captain's House B&B
In the garden - Captain's House B&B	Fuchsia - Captain's House B&B	Fuchsia
White Fuchsia	Breakfast
Behind the B&B	Dingle Crystal - new location	Best seafood in Dingle
	unloading fish - Dingle
another boat unloads	Scurid Archeological Tour - Tim Collins	Ogham Stone - ancient writing stone
Burnham House - Former home of the late Lord Ventry	Far & Away film site	Far & Away film site
Beehive Hut - drystone, corbelled hut	Famine wall	'Ryan's Daughter' in 1970 filmed here
Dingle Peninsula coast		Gallarus Oratory
Dry stone construction	Note the use of long and short overlaping stones
old Church near Murreagh	Tim Collins explains ancient sundial	ancient sundial
	Tim Collins - Covenant Ogham Stone	Celebrating 60 years of marriage

	Most signs in Gallic around Dingle	between Dingle and Tralee
between Dingle and Tralee	between Dingle and Tralee	in Killarney
Great lunch in Killarney	Park in Adare	on the way to Dingle
In Dingle town	Narrow roads along Slea Head drive	Susan-Carole-Cheryl-Tom-Bill @ Beehive Huts
My new friend and I enjoy the view	along Slea Head drive	Enjoying a pint at Dick Macks
at Dick Macks	Maybe a pint too many ?


		at Reasc
	Reasc
	Near Dingle	near Kilmalkedar Chancellor's House
Kilmalkedar Chancellor's House 14th century	Kilmalkedar Chancellor's House	stone sundial - Kilmalkedar Church
Kilmalkedar Church
above entrance to Kilmalkedar Church
old broken cross	covenant stone - Kilmalkedar Church	Dingle Crystal - the finest crystal
Dingle and bay	Dingle - looking up Main street	Minard castle near Dingle
	inside Minard Castle
near Dingle	near Annascaul
near Annascaul		Sovereign of all the eye beholds
near Inch beach	Slea Head	near Ballydavid
currach near Ballydavid		Kilmalkader church
above doorway	Ogham stone with covenant hole	big cross at Kilmalkader Church
in Brandon town	near Brandon	Sean from Dingle Crystal
Liz - Sean - Maggie	Presentation Sisters' convent - Dingle
Harry Clarke windows	windows at Presentation Sisters' convent
	Presentation Sisters' convent
	I love this place - Minard Castle	Minard Castle
	near Minard Castle
Inch Beach	O'Flaherty's Pub	The fellow standing is Artist, Musician and King of Tory Island, Patsy Dan Rodgers
Patsy Dan Rodgers joins in at O'Flaherty's Pub	Dingle Bay Hotel	Marina Inn, Dingle
It was a long Sunday afternoon session	at one time there were 8 musicians playing	Marina Inn, Dingle
near Ballydavid		Sundial Stone at Kilmalkedar Church
	at Kilmalkedar Church

	Brandon Creek where tradition says St. Brendon began his voyage

		Brandons Head
The Dingle Holy Stone -- or is it Holey Stone?	Garfinny Bridge - 2 miles from Dingle, Co. Kerry	Garfinny Bridge dates back to the 16th century
Garfinny bridge is reputedly the oldest surviving bridge in Ireland.	The top of the bridge is about 9 feet above the water. It has no mortar to hold it together.	Brandon creek dock - Where St. Brendan set sail in 535 AD.
Brandon creek fixer-upper	Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland	Nature's art - Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland	Nature's art - Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland	Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland
sand art - Inch Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland	The back of Cois Cuain house self-catering rental, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland	View from upstairs window at Cois Cuain house - Dingle harbor
Cois Cuain house	Nice hot Cuppa to start the day	Arrow indicates location of Cois Cuain house - Taken from the main pier
Seen Better days - Dingle Harbor	brandon creek area with a little snow on the mountains	above Minard Castle
Just outside Annascaul, Co. Kerry, Ireland	Screenshot_8_11_2019_8_24_15_AM.png	Screenshot_165.png

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PauloCGama		22-Mar-2024 15:25
Excellent set of images!!

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		16-Feb-2018 18:17
Wonderful images.V Paolo

Tara		21-Mar-2013 17:32
Very beautiful pictures! Thank you. Ireland suffered a great Famine in 1846, 47, and many died. The Famine graveyard ( where thousands were buried during those years) is in the field behind the old hospital. The Government set up a scheme at the time to help people by providing work, and paying them. But it was too late, many died of disease and starvation as they were too weak to work. If you travelled through the scenic Conor Pass, that road was built by Famine Relief teams.

Dawna		12-Dec-2011 04:37
Beautiful pictures. I like the captions below, too. Thanks for sharing! I remember seeing the huge rock on the street in Dingle. Is there any significance to it or did they just decide to leave it and build around it?

Guest		07-Nov-2011 15:49
Beautiful photos, Bill! Very nicely done. My husband and I went on a 10 day trip to Ireland in mid-September to celebrate my recent retirement from teaching and saw many of the same sites that you and your wife did. I want to learn more about the standing stones. If you have a decent resource, could you email me at yvitosky@gmail.com, please? Thanks for sharing your journey!

Joan		21-Aug-2011 00:50
Nice, sunny pictures! I just returned from a personalized tour of Dingle and was looking online to find dates for Reasc. Thanks. Did you know that the stone cross at Kilmalkedar is buried 60 feet deep into the ground? That is to show that the people's faith would never budge. Amazing that they could do that!

Patrice		17-Jun-2011 03:15
I am getting ready for my first trip and ,I really enjoyed looking at your photos . Thank you. Patrice

Jane		05-Jun-2009 12:36
You forget to get a photo of the what's left of the residence/school house from Ryan's Daughter. I found it by climbing a fence and walking through a field. I walked to the top of a rise and there is was, right on the coast. Wow!!

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