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Dingle Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Dingle, Ireland
In Search of the Black Sheep
Wednesday morning began with breakfast at the Finglas House (beans and toast, which is a very common dish here in Ireland), from the dining room overlooking Tralee Bay. After packing up our gear, we headed back to the trail, walking up a steep hill and ...
Nobody said it would be easy...
The destination: Dingle Peninsula. The accomodation: The Grape Vine Hostel The activity: 12 mile bike ride around the pennisula The outcome: quads that could kill...and memories that will never ...
Mountain road...round two, on to Dingle
... and spent 90,000 pounds doing renovations for the visit. They then went bankrupt! From there we drove pretty much straight to Dingle and arrived at our B&B at 3:30, so we checked in and then drove the Slea Head loop around the west end ...
Daytime: Just a little drive in the countryside!!
Relaxed morning, coffee and tea after breakfast in the sitting room overlooking Dingle Bay then off for a walkabout the town. Raining today! (but just until noon!) so popped into one or two shops, trying to decide whether to buy Tshirts for the kids ...
Misty, rainy, sunny, last day in Dingle
... the old stones, on a pendant with a gold Celtic triad. "By having your name inscribed on Ogham, you share a piece of Ireland's history as 2000 years later, this script is still being used". Drove up the back road through Connor Pass - oh my ...
Loving this country and it's people
... from 400AD) we r so lucky to be able to see these places, and walk around and explore them.....there are many here in Ireland, And the history behind them is mind boggling..... wandered around the shops, had a drink or two, chatted with the locals, Merv ...
Croagh Patrick
On Monday, we climbed a mountain. Yeah, we climbed Croagh Patrick, a site for pigrimages, located out West near the town of Westport. At first, when we heard we were climbing a mountain, I thought, oh it can't be like a really hard climb or anything, ...
We're Married!
... song in 20 years." I felt so validated becasue not only did I know an authentic Irish song, but it was a classic too! So, in conclusion, damn you Rick Steves for always being right. "Dingle dreams." Makes sense now. ...
Day 17 - Dingle Day
... get. I have to admit I didn't even photograph it. Ended the day with lots of free time (even a washing machine experience) in Dingle. It is an excellent town. County Kerry is notable for at least 2 things. They have found that house paint ...
Feet, knees, back... all shot
Quick brief of the Hike: Killarney to Black Valley (16 miles), Black Valley to Glenncar (11 miles), Glenncar to Glenbeigh (11 miles). Holy crap thats 38 miles! Without a doubt the hardest hiking of my entire life. Everyone was crying ...
Day 5 - Dingle
... so we talked them in to doing the Gap of Dunloe tour. After dinner, we ran in to someone Bryan knew on a random street in Dingle. She was a substitute librarian at Colts Neck Library, and we ran in to her in front of the Dingle Library, of all places. We ...
Family Visit 4/17-4/25
4/17: Family arrived today! After a total of 11 hours of delays, they finally made it to Ireland. I met them at the airport and went to the hotel with them. They got settled into the hotel in Limerick, and then we went to my house for ...
The Ring of Dingle - Captivating
... off. I would never recommend it. The view from our room was very nice though. After breakfast we spent the day exploring Dingle village, the quay (pronounced key) and the rest of the peninsula. The village is very colorful and bustling with tourists and ...
It's gonna be hard to top this
... , one was about 30 feet high at one end. Beautiful setting. 3. Drove 2 hours to Dingle, on another peninsula. Arrived at the Pax House. Incredible views of Dingle Harbor and the green countryside lined with hedge rows. ...
O'Connor Reunion
Finished up the sights on Slea Head - monastery ruins and Kilmakedar Church. Went to O'Connor reception. Some folks went to the pub for a trad session that night but I went to bed. My sinuses are still bothering me! ...
Dingle... a Gaelic little village
Dingle was recommend as a must see because of the scenic views of cliffs facing the wild Atlantic Ocean. We arrived after a long drive and checked into our huge old hotel where we were one of about 10 guests. Sunday nights are pretty quiet here, so we ...
Day 2 - Tour of the Dingle Peninsula
Day 2: Blarney & Cobh & KillarneyDay 2: Blarney & Cobh We begin the day by heading to Blarney Castle. We kiss the Blarney Stone, on top of the Castle. Kissing the stone by dangling off the 300 feet battlements being held by a middle-aged ...
Longest travelling day
... 3:00 pm we finally stopped a funny bigger hotel but great "Toasties" much needed and off again. Fabulous B and B in Dingle - Greenmount House - perfect room on ground level, view of the sea with again, delightful innkeeper's. Had fab seafood ...
Day 18 Go slowly, "Dul go mall"
... left in 1954. Watching videos of how these people lived was fascinating. The island is called the Galltacht, as are other areas of Ireland, as it has Irish as its first language. The roads around the peninsula are good except for when they're not. ...
Dingle Peninsula - so pretty!!
Today we drove around the Dingle Peninsula, which was much more picturesque than the Ring of Kerry - we really liked it. On the way we drove through Castlemaine - birthplace of Jack Doolan, the Wild colonial Boy. On the way TO Dingle we went ...
Dingle via Tralee
... but many didn't make it. I think this was the highlight to date. Travelled via Tralee (with the most complicated street system, and that's saying something). Had my best meal to date, a seafood chowder for lunch at Dingle, which was more like a fish ...
Bingo, bango, bongo in Dingle
... in such an awesome spot. Fifty pictures later we headed back to our car and started our tour of the Dingle peninsula. Beautiful water, sky, islands and small communities around every turn. We toured the Blasket Islands heritage ...
The night at the Randy Leprechaun
The highlight of today was a visit to the Cliffs of Moher. These are the cliffs of insanity in the movie "A Princess Bride" which of course is one of my all time favourite movies. They are really spectacular. That night we stayed in a small town called ...
Lost In the Hills
... a mini vintage fireplace. But I wasn't in the mood for hanging around inside, I was in one of the most beautiful towns in Ireland and there was a lot I wanted to do. I strolled the colourful streets in search for an outdoor shop, the owner of the hostel ...
dingle to Shannon
today was pretty much a travel day. Drove from Dingle to Shannon, meandering along the way. driving is getting better, only 1 near miss today. hooked up with the family at the B&B in Shannon. It is very cute. Mary is a little stressed about ...
The dingle dangled in dingle
Dingle Ireland! So the dingle peninsula is in sw Ireland. It's one of the only parts of Ireland that still has an active Gaelic speaking population. This is the real Ireland. It took about an hour bus ride from the last train station to get to ...