Travel Blogs from Dingle, Ireland
Ireland Week 1
... ) but I happily paid it, greatful that my bag arrived at all! I collected a car and headed off on my Irish adventrure. Ireland is as gorgeous as I expected, wonderful rural narrow roads with dry stone walls on every road and lane. I spent ...
Day 2-The Slea Head Loop Dingle Peninsula
... a bit apathetic about sideswiping a bush here and there or whacking a side view mirror into its "tucked in" position. Haven't seen a car in Ireland that doesn't have dents and dings all over it. AND, we've finally figured out that even though we have an ...
Dingle Region to Cloghane
... them from wild animals and cattle robbers. We then travelled a little further and saw the most westerly main land point in Ireland at Slee Head. We also visited the Gallarus Oratory - ancient christian home and church that was built in the shape of an ...
The Dingle Peninsula
... morning. We took the north road to Dingle. This peninsula provided us some of the most beautiful landscapes of our Irish journey. A short stop at Dingle, Europe's most westerly town, and back to Tralee to pick up the jacket that Hugo left at the ...
It begins for real this time - the west coast
... down it at a time with only a few pass points for traffic coming the other way. We felt like we were experiencing true Ireland now. I guess it may have been difficult to read the map properly as a lot of the little roads (more like laneways really) ...
Ring of Kerry to Cork to Dingle Bay
Visit Ring of Kerry yesterday Stayed overnight in Corke Travelled today to Dingle ...
The leprecons made me do it!
First I would like to start by saying thanks to everyone who has been reading this blog. I really appreciate the fact that everyone is getting to enjoy it and share in this wonderful experience we are having in this ...
Beehive huts
Kit: Today we drove around the Dingle Peninsula and got lost. Dylan: We drove along cliffs and saw some prehistoric beehive huts. Beehive huts are huts made of stone and are shaped like beehives. We drove through the Conner Pass which is on Brandon ...
Mount Brandon 952m
We tackled this as a warm-up to Carrantouhil. Steep anough ascent but nice underfoot and the crosses dotted along the way help the motivation "this is the second last one..." Unfortunately the clouds closed in just as we reached the top and we only ...
Dingle - Distinguishably Divine
... for their vacation. It is beautiful, close, and they can get cheap flights. We also met a Kiwi couple who were going around Ireland playing music at different pubs. One night they teamed up with Martin, a French violinist, and played at a local pub in ...
Ireland's West Coast
Daire and I went on a little road trip through the West Coast of Ireland- below are some pics :) ...
Ireland Part 2 - Dingle...as in the Peninsula
Bidding adieu to Galway, we drove south toward the Dingle Peninsula. There are a four 'fingers' in southwest Ireland that are peninsulas jutting out into the Atlantic. Dingle is the first of the four. We didn't have a decent guide book to follow so we ...
5 days in Ireland and still no Leprechaun in sight
After leaving Galway this morning we stopped off in County Clare to see Poulnabrone - Ireland's Stonehenge. I was interested more so in the stone fences that lined the roads and zigzagged through the hills and paddocks. The rocks are not assembled in a ...
Living on the Edge
... guidebook gave us a choice between a couple kilometers or so of inland road-walking or an alternate route promising "some of Ireland's finest coastal walking with cliffs of steeply angled rock slabs," we took the scenic option. The book's description was ...
-Tralee-Dingle-Killarney
Took a scenic drive around the ring of Kerry, looked out for Fungie the Dolphin but didn't see him. Played the piano in a bar and ate some lovely ...
Dingle Peninsula
Today it's all about breathtaking scenery and adventure. We spend the day exploring the Dingle peninsula and we take you to the edge of the world...and beyond! You'll see stone walls, ruined famine cottages, ancient beehive huts and all this on the ...
Much to see on the way to Dingle
... are not designed for more than one car at a time, let alone tour buses! We headed out onto the Dingle penninsula to get away from the crowds. We had a nice dinner at a building made completely of stones called the ...
A day in Dingle
... water views. Today we have a drive around the Dingle peninsular, out to Slea Head, the most western point on "mainland" Ireland and therefore the most western point in Europe, apart form islands off the coast. It made me think, Tasmanian's South ...
In the Land of Dingle
... from today because it rained, but do check out our driving pics. Dingle is a small peninsula on the west coast of Ireland. Browne's Bed & Breakfast sits across from the Dingle Bay that flows into the Atlantic Ocean. We feel closer to home ...
It’s a long way through (County) Tipperary
[Editor's Note: Pardon the interruption in the news and views from our travels in Ireland. Once we hit Dingle on the Dingle Peninsula in the far southwest corner of Ireland, we were without an Internet connection. So, this blog entry is being filed ...
Evening at the lovey Pax House
After a beautiful drive we arrived near Dingle. We had some trouble finding Pax House. It was in a very isolated quiet spot, out in the country but a 15 minute walk to town. It was so much bigger than Applecroft that it seemed like a hotel at ...
Wow, that was a long bus ride!
... was about resting, reading and recharging the batteries. I spent the week walking along the bay, around the small town of Dingle. I took a driving tour around and saw some of the historical sites. Ancient sites. I think I may have ...
A Day In Dingle
We rode bikes into the county and had a picnic in a beatiful field overlooking the bay. We went to the music fest at Dindle Square and added to the singing of the songs. ...
Day 110 - To kiss the old Blarney Stone...
... was an unforgettable experience. Leaving the rustic charm of our horse and cart we hopped back into the Volvo and continued on to Dingle. Our accommodation was just outside of Dingle in a very small town called Annascaul. After settling in to the BnB, we ...
Day 111 - Dingle Dangle
... with the Rogers. We met them for a morning tea of coffees and scones at a quaint little café off the main street of Dingle. Afterwards the Rogers headed off to explore the Dingle Peninsula. Deciding this sounded like a good idea, we grabbed a map from ...
A quiet one today
The weather has been really average, really grey so not many photos. We spent the day driving and enjoying the beautiful scenery. Not really much to say except we met one of Ron's facebook friends, Francie. It was an interesting experience. We met ...
Glengarriff to Dingle
... to Dingle. The roads are a wee bit scary along they way with small lanes and crazy drivers, but we arrived safely in beautiful Dingle. Bekah even managed to stay on the left side of the road. The weather is amazing here today and we have not ...
The Craic House
... . I went to the grocery store here twice to get food because we all know that I am pretty cheap. I am going to experience Dingle, but I do not think that I have to spend money on every meal. First, on our way to Dingle we stopped in a ...

