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The Best Attractions In Dingle Peninsula

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The Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. It ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland and arguably Europe.
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  • 1. Slea Head Drive Dingle Peninsula
    Slea Head is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corca Dhuibhne in southwest County Kerry, Ireland. It belongs to Munster's province and is served by the R559 road; the nearest villages are Ballyickeen and Coumeenoole. The headland itself, together with the larger part of Mount Eagle's southern slopes is formed from steeply dipping beds of the pebbly sandstones and conglomerates of the Slea Head Formation, dating from the Devonian period and traditionally referred to as the Old Red Sandstone. Just to the northwest of Slea Head is Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland. Slea Head is a well known and recognised landmark and also a very scenic viewpoint, with a dramatic view of the Blasket Islands. On the 11 March 1982, the Spanish co...
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  • 2. Dingle Oceanworld Dingle
    Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres northwest of Killarney.Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing and agriculture: Dingle Mart serves the surrounding countryside. In 2016 Dingle had a population of 2,050. Dingle is situated in a Gaeltacht region. There used to be two secondary schools but they have now amalgamated to produce Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. An adult Bottlenose dolphin named Fungie has been courting human contact in Dingle Bay since 1983.
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  • 3. Conor Pass Dingle Peninsula
    Conor Pass or Connor Pass is one of the highest Irish mountain passes served by an asphalted road. It is located on the R560 road in County Kerry, Ireland.
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  • 4. Gallarus Oratory Dingle
    The Gallarus Oratory (Irish: Séipéilín Ghallarais, Gallarus being interpreted as either rocky headland or house or shelter for foreigner , is a chapel located on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. It has been presented variously as an early Christian stone church by its discoverer, antiquary Charles Smith, in 1756; a 12th-century Romanesque church by archaeologist Peter Harbison in 1970; a shelter for pilgrims by the same in 1994. The local tradition prevalent at the time of the oratory's discovery attributed it to one Griffith More, being a funerary chapel built by him or his family at their burial place. The oratory overlooks the harbour at Ard na Caithne on the Dingle Peninsula.
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  • 6. Harry Clarke Stained Glass Windows Dingle
    Harry Clarke was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.
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  • 12. Mount Brandon Dingle Peninsula
    Mount Brandon or Brandon at 952 metres , is the 8th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 9th-highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Brandon is the highest Irish peak outside of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range, and has the greatest prominence of any peak except Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain. Brandon is named after Saint Brendan and is the end of a Christian pilgrimage trail known as Cosán na Naomh. Brandon is at the centre of the Brandon Group of mountains in the Dingle Peninsula in Kerry.
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  • 13. Irish Famine Cottages Dingle
    The culture of Ireland includes customs and traditions, language, music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with Ireland and the Irish people. For most of its recorded history, Ireland's culture has been primarily Gaelic . It has also been influenced by Anglo-Norman, English and Scottish culture. The Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland in the 12th century, while the 16th/17th century conquest and colonization of Ireland saw the emergence of the Anglo-Irish and Scots-Irish . Today, there are often notable cultural differences between those of Catholic and Protestant background, and between travellers and the settled population. Due to large-scale emigration from Ireland, Irish culture has a global reach and festivals such as Saint Patrick's Day and Halloween are celebrated a...
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  • 14. Explorers World Dingle
    Thomas Crean , was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Tom Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during what is known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–13 Terra Nova Expedition. This saw the race to reach the South Pole lost to Roald Amundsen and ended in the deaths of Scott and his polar party. During this expedition, Crean's 35 statute miles solo walk across the Ross Ice Shelf to save the life of Edward Evans led to him receiving the Albert Medal. Crean had left the family farm near Annascaul to enlist in the Royal Navy at age 15 but he lied about his own age as he had to be 16. In 1901, while serving on Ringarooma in New Zealand, he volunteered to join Scott's 1901...
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  • 15. Brandon Creek Dingle
    Brandon Creek is also a hamlet near Littleport, CambridgeshireBrandon Creek is a village located at the Dingle Peninsula in the most westerly point of the island of Ireland. According to the 9th century document Voyage of St Brendan the Navigator, Saint Brandon set sail westward from this point in the 6th Century, and traveled into the Atlantic.Adventurer Tim Severin took a five-man crew across the atlantic to prove the legendary voyage of St Brendan was possible in the Sixth century. The journey departed May 1976 from Brandon Creek.
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