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Travel Blogs from Dingle
Dublin to Dingle
We left Dublin in our black Ford Focus around noon. It was the day of the All-Ireland Finals (Cork vs. Meath in Croke Park--Meath would win). It was a sunny day as we listened to Radio Na Gaeltacht and cut across the country through Laois, Tipperary and Limerick, arriving into Dingle around 5:30 pm. Of course, I longed to be studying Irish again... …
Coming Home
Have you ever been to some place new and felt nearly immediately that you had either been there before, or the type of relaxation that only comes when you are returning home after being away? That was how I immediately felt about Dingle. He With only about 2000 year round residents, Dingle is a fairly small harbor town that is largely dependent on …
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A storm rolled in last night...rain, extreme wind, etc. I'm really glad that I saw the sites I wanted to see yesterday. Today is for shopping and finding the rest of the gifts I want to get and maybe, finally BUY SOMETHING FOR ME! Dingle has a ton of cute shops and a very active arts community, so I'm optimistic. ----------------------much later …
We're Surrounded by Water!
Being surrounded by water isn't much different than our previous locales, but believe us, this is drop-dead gorgeous country. Greener than green are the rolling fields, the water bluer than blue, the puffy clouds outlined with that same blue, the crashing waves at ocean's edge. "Wow" is all I can muster right now.
Dingle Town, on the …
In Co. Kerry
Aaron and I took a drive to County Kerry. It took about 3 hours to get there had we gone straight but we did not.
On route to Dingle. We stopped over at Macroom to grab lunch. We ordered our lunch to go and drove to a park bench near Kelarney National Park and Kelarney town then ate our lunch there. In doing so we saving both time and money (2 or 3 euros) over dining in. We then drove to someones house to see if they were home. They were ...
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- Free parking