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Landmark 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. Eask Tower Dingle
    The Eask Tower is a solid stone tower on the top of Carhoo Hill, in County Kerry, Ireland, over-looking Dingle harbour.Eask Tower was built in 1847 in order to guide the ships and boats into the mouth of the blind harbour. The wooden hand pointing from the Tower, guides the boats to their destination. It is crowned with the 19th century's mariners beacon and a World War II look-out post. This is because the mouth of Dingle Harbour is a blind mouth, and this beacon told sailors to let their sails down, enabling them to lose speed and to round the harbour mouth safely.The Tower is of solid stone. The building of it on Carhoo hill, 600 feet above sea level, provided work during the Great Famine, at the instigation of Reverend Charles Gayer, Leader of the Protestants, in an attempt to win conv...
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  • 2. Dingle Marina Dingle
    Dingle Marina is located in Dingle harbour, a town on the South side of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a well equipped marina, located close to the centre of the town. Caherciveen Marina is the next marina to the South. Fenit Marina is the next marina to the North.
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  • 3. Fahan BeeHive Huts Dingle
    Fahan is an area on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, noted for a collection of clochán, or drystone beehive huts. Fahan lies below Mount Eagle on the southern coast of the Dingle peninsula, to the west of the fishing village of Ventry and to the east of the steep cliffs of Slea Head. Fahan has many antiquities, including cave dwellings, stone beehive huts, stone monuments and forts.
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  • 7. Garnish Island Glengarriff
    Garnish Island , is an island in Glengarriff harbour, part of Bantry Bay in southwest Ireland, which is a popular tourist attraction. The Office of Public Works, which maintains the gardens on the island, uses the name Ilnacullin to differentiate it from Garinish Island in County Kerry.
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