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Eight reasons  the Dingle Photographer  would recommend you visit in Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula

IRELAND’S Dingle Peninsula has been named in Condé Nast’s 10 best convertible drives in Europe.

With its incredible views over the Atlantic, the Dingle Peninsula’s Slea head drive is the perfect place for a road trip this summer, the magazine says, as long as you’re lucky enough to avoid the rain and herds of roadblocking sheep and cattle.

If you’re thinking of heading out to Co. Kerry for a top down spin, here are the Dingle Photographer’s  suggestions for some favourite local spots to stop along the way, all within easy reach of Slea Head Drive.

1. Tuck into top class fish food 

With the Atlantic almost crashing at your feet there are plenty of spots to get a taste of the sea in the area.

2. Treat yourself to an ice cream

On a summers day in Dingle town .. nothing beats a good tasty ice cream and Kool Scoopes (a local run business) is the place to indulge your taste buds...

3. Pop in for a pint / music ... The Dingle Pub and Murphy’s Pub offers excellent service / music and food

4. Bask on the beach 

Back in 1975 when David Lean shot the epic Ryan’s Daughter, Couminole Beach was the beach he chose for his location. In a bite of sandy land between the headlands of Dunmore and Slea heads, Coomeenole looks across to the Great Blasket island. and recently filming of Stars Wars  took place near to the beach.

5. Go Surfing

Forget California, The Dingle Peninsula is the real deal

6. Stay and play

Europe’s most westerly golf course, is situated just 10km from Dingle town along Slea Head Drive.

It might be a challenge to keep your eye on the ball surrounded as the course is with such fantastic scenery, but if you’ve ever dreamed of playing golf on the edge of the world this is course for you.

A rugged and remote links course that has been updated over the years, and has now features 18 holes.

7. Horse Racing on a beach

Nestled by Smerwick Harbour in the village of Ballyferriter, Béal Bán (White Mouth),.  Béal Bán is known for its horse and pony races ... The annual Béal Bán Horse Races are held on the beach beside Ballyferriter village just west of Dingle. A great day of fun is always guaranteed on the shores of Dingle Peninsula's Smerwick Harbour.

8. Fungie the Dolphin

He’s one of Ireland’s most famous residents and visitors and locals alike can’t get enough of him . But he’s not just any dolphin. Heck, he’s practically part of the family. Since 1983, this friendly chap has entertained every man, woman and child off the coast of Dingle, a picturesque seaside town in County Kerry.In fact, he’s so adored by the townspeople they even built a statue in his honour.

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Expressions of admiration and music commemorating Lispole Co . Kerry man  1916 hero Thomas Ashe in his native Dingle Peninsula  home

Saturday April 30th 2016 Kinard , Lispole, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry Ireland

Thomas Ashe  died  32 years old, on 25 September, 1917 in Mountjoy prison Dublin

Around 200 people came to the ceremony, mostly locals and some of the Áshe  relatives including Eileen Quinn, a niece of Tomás Ághas .The event had lovely weather , a small parade/music  with children from  Lispole and  beautiful / haunting bagpipe music

The event was  organized by Michael Moran and Richard Johnston.

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Tips For Choosing Your Dingle Ireland Wedding Photographer

Delighted to share with you today “Tips on Choosing your Dingle Ireland Wedding Photographer” from one of Dingle’s  leading  versatile photographer’s Gerald Horgan ...

The Photographer

Choosing your photographer is one of the most important choices you will make when planning your wedding. This is the person that you will trust to create memories that will last your lifetime and will be cherished for generations to come. dinglephoto.com produces high quality photographs of diverse subjects  be it landscape / portraits / events and also can cater for high quality video of your important day. He knows the Dingle Peninsula very well and still produce excellent photography even when the weather is against him. His photography / video have been used in Irish National Newspapers i.e The Irish Times / The Irish Independent and Associated Press in the UK

Style

Generally the Dingle Photographer believes in natural/  spontaneous   photography and authenticity with high quality .. He is influenced by Lyn Goldsmith.

Budget

The Dingle Photographer does not believe in charging excessively ... why ? Primarily he loves taking photographs and bringing enjoyment to people .. so with him you get high quality results at a great price

Website: http://www.dinglephoto.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dinglephoto/

Email: dingleregion@eircom.net

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Welcome to  Ceann Trá/ Ventry Dingle Peninsula Ireland

Ventry village, otherwise known as Ceann Trá in Irish (meaning at the head of the beach) is a beautiful and charming village on the Slea Head Drive with beautiful sea views.

An unusual feature of this village is that it has two centres of commerce, with a pub, a shop, and a church in one, and a pub, a post office.

The village is connected by an awe inspiring beach- at 5 miles in length. This golden, sandy beach is also a certified blue flag which rewards by acknowledgement its cleanliness and safeness

The Skipper restaurant in the village is a lovely spot to stop & have lunch on a lovely sunny day.

There are numerous Bed and Breakfasts and Self Catering Cottages in this lovely area which can be used as a base for your days of relaxing on and exploring the Dingle Peninsula.

Recommended Accommodation

Self Catering - Cathair Gheal 3 Bedroom Holiday Homes are 4 Star Failte Ireland approved accommodation

Bed and Breakfast - "This place   was one of the best B&B during our Ireland trip. The location on   the hill is great, view from the living room through big windows   was just fabulous. Our room on the second floor was large, cosy   and very clean. " - Tripadvisor Review Our quiet Country Home overlooking Ventry harbour and   Ventry Village is the perfect starting place to discover the beauty of the   Dingle Peninsula..  Located very near to the local pub, Post Office, beach and  restaurant

Photography by Dinglephoto.com

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Dingle Dolphin Boat tour

You'll ride aboard one of 6 fully licensed comfortable ferries to scenic Dingle Bay to see Fungie the Famous  Dolphin. Sit Back and soak in the magnificent scenery that Dingle Bay has to offer. Fungie is wild and free in this beautiful Bay. He will Delight both young and old with his antics, so don't forget your camera as there are endless photo opportunities. A guide on board will answer all your questions,  and you will get a full refund if you do not see  a dolphin, our 25-year business guarantee .

You will find us in our orange signed offices, at the back of the failte Ireland tourist offices. Friendly staff  will greet you and direct you straight to the walkway on the seafront  where you will  be then directed to your boat and off you go. There is a fully seated area to sit in either open or covered, whatever you prefer. Your captain will greet and welcome you and then your guide will fill you in on stories of Fungie the celebrity himself .

As you turn to go out of Dingle Harbour passing the fishing boats tied by the pier, you will start to see Dingle town from a different  view, on the water. Look up to the Connor Pass away to the right, this is the highest drive-able pass in Ireland, that can only be driven by car.

As you make your way toward the entrance of the bay you'll see old famine relief tower on the hill called Eask   and then a single torret called Husseys folly on your left. Always keep an eye out for Fungie as he comes to greet most of our ferries, being the ambassador for Dingle is a very important job - he often plays by the boat,  left and right and making sure everyone gets a good view of him! Sometimes he likes to play games, namely Hide and seek, and he certainly  has no patterns or routines. He is the boss.

Fungie will delight and thrill both young and old  from 2 weeks to 100 and many celebrities  have taken to our boats to see him. Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, James Nesbitt, Tom cruise, Nicole Kidman, Cillian Murphy and Jean Kennedy Smith to name but a few.

Fungie is over 13 ft or 3.5 metres in Length and approx 250 kgs in weight. He is a male bottle nose dolphin who arrived in 1983 and decided Dingle is his home. He has always been free to leave with many other dolphins who have come to visit but he seems to prefer the human company instead, luckily for us. Fungie is sure to delight you and be a special memory of your holiday in Dingle Bay. 

Location

:  Dingle, Ireland  

Duration

: Approximately an hour 

The Minimum number of Adult passengers required for this Offer is  

:  2  

Voucher Redembtion

: You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.  

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Step 2. Please Choose Number of Travelers

Number Of Adults  

Number Of Children  

Number Of Infants    

 Departure and Return Details   Departure Dates:  Daily, 7 days a week   Commences:  Dingle, Ireland   Departure Point:  The Pier, Dingle.   Departure Time:  The boat departs every hour at least, including:

10am, 11am, 12 pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm

July and August - departures continue until 6-7pm

Just turn up with your voucher around the time you would like to go out on the boat. There is rarely more than a 30 minute wait. 

  Additional Information  

Exclusions

:  Gratuities (optional)

Souvenir  Dolphin postcard /photos (available to purchase)

Other Information

: 

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

 Children must be accompanied by an adult

 Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriate

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A wedding in heaven by Gerald Horgan Via Flickr: Dingle Peninsula Ireland www.dinglephoto.com

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Wild Atlantic Waves by Gerald Horgan Via Flickr: Dingle Peninsula Ireland

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Foxy John’s—Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland 2008

Foxy John’s—Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland 2008

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10 reasons why the Dingle Peninsula Ireland could be the greatest place on earth

1. The scenery is sensational

2. The beaches are unbelievable

3. The coastline is wonderful

4. The Lakes are like this

5. Heritage and history  is all around the area

6. Dingle is a fantastic town

7. The sunsets are not to be missed

8, The Restaurants are second to none ...

9. The locals will keep you entertained day and night

10.And of course a Dolphin who is a lovable wild  playmate

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Reflections  on the brilliant Dingle Food Festival

We headed down to the Dingle Peninsula Food Festival. Every year we join forces with Liam and Julie of Liam O’Neill Art Studio to raise funds for a local charity.

This year it was Cuan Counselling, a local counselling and therapy service for teenagers and young people. Liam puts one of his magnificent oil paintings up for raffle, and the second and third prizes are l’Ecrivain restaurant vouchers.

Unfortunately, due to work commitments and the IKA service, we didn’t make it down to join in the fun on Saturday afternoon. However, on Sunday morning people kept coming to Liam’s art studio at a steady pace to sample Derry’s Dingle Vodka cured Irish salmon, served with pickled vegetables, brown shrimp and horseradish cream.

There were awards for each county and overall awards for the Irish food industry in general. We met a lot of customers and suppliers there. Congratulations to you all! It may have been a festival of food but all the pubs in Dingle were jammed to the rafters with ceol agus craic pouring onto the streets. It’s such a lovely little town with so much to offer all of us — not just foreign tourists.

http://www.evoke.ie/viewpoint/sallyanne-clarke-column-from-dingle-food-festival-to-the-village-people

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The Taste Trail, which winds through the town and involves almost 80 businesses offering tastes of their food and drink, or hosting makers of great products in their premises, is one of the festival’s big draws. Generous portions and friendly rivalry among participants to put up the most popular offering make this a highlight of the weekend.

Jim McCarthy of the Chart House restaurant said 600 of the 800 taster plates they prepared for the weekend were sold on the first day, leading to an early Sunday morning session painstakingly wrapping black pudding in filo pastry and caramelising onions for a goat’s cheese tartlet to replenish stocks.

Maia Binder’s cheese shop had queues down the street for raclette and a wonderful fondu made with Irish cheese and Crean’s Dingle beer.

Dingle Dexter beef sliders at Fenton’s and cones of fish goujons and chips at Reel Dingle Fish generated good-humoured queues. The Fish Barr Seafood & Wine Cafe at the Marina was inundated with requests for tandoori prawn skewers.

  Those in need of an afternoon pick-up found it in the Badger & Dodo espresso martinis at the new Bean In Dingle coffee shop, where you could also pick up a wonderfully aromatic and sticky cinnamon bun by Bácús craft bakery.

At the Global Village restaurant, Fáilte Ireland food ambassador and chef Martin Bealin’s tasting menu for the weekend featured wonderful wild boar from Ballinwillin House in Mitchelstown. Space was also made available for the much talked about Milesian restaurant in Castlegregory to showcase its work on the taste trail. On Orchard Lane, Donal and Virginia O’Gara of Cork’s My Goodness Food were serving South American pupusas, vegan cakes and probiotic kefir mocktails.

The Irish Times - http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/foodfile-something-fishy-about-this-year-s-blas-winners-1.2382601

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The Dingle Dolphin   wants to befriend humans - does he know something we don't?

You'll have heard of Fungie, a male bottlenose who has forsaken the open sea to live inside the harbour mouth of Dingle in Ireland, a placid, shallowish inlet bordered by low verdant hills that are speckled with sheep.

According to local legend, he has been swimming around in this area, not much bigger than a few city blocks, since October 1983.

It doesn't seem like an auspicious place for a dolphin to settle. Though the bay is sheltered from snarlier North Atlantic conditions – churning seas, huffing winds – dolphins are well equipped for these things and seem to revel in the action: surfing down the faces of waves, leaping through the wakes of ships, playing in the maelstrom. By comparison, the Dingle harbour is a pond.  So what was a full-grown bottlenose with an entire ocean at his disposal doing in this fish tank? And where was his pod? Being part of a pod means protection, hunting success, society, sex, kin – the fundamentals of dolphin existence. A solitary dolphin is like a floating oxymoron. So how did this one survive?

The tales of Fungie the loner dolphin seem improbable. But surprisingly, there are others like him. Scientists don't know why it happens, but tales of dolphins befriending humans reach far back into history. Aristotle wrote offhandedly about dolphins' "passionate attachment to boys", as if everyone just knew this as a fact. In the year AD 77, Pliny the Elder recounted the story of a dolphin named Simo who formed a bond with a boy who fed him bits of bread, giving him rides in return.

In other words, dolphins do not always differentiate between us and them. Maybe that was why Fungie had made his home among the residents of Dingle. To him, perhaps, they were just a slightly peculiar-looking pod.

I drove down to Dingle from Dublin, winding through green and peaceful country, through bustling little cities and quaint little towns, then parked my car near the town square and got out to take a look around. Behind a life-size statue of Fungie there was a stone building that looked like a harbourmaster's office; its windows were plastered with Fungie posters and advertisements and press clippings. One announced that "fun-loving Fungie the dolphin has somersaulted into the record books... as The Most Loyal Animal on the Planet!"

To win this title, I read, Fungie had outdone a Risso's dolphin named Pelorus Jack who spent 24 years, from 1888 to 1912, escorting ships through New Zealand's tricky Cook Strait. Before the dolphin stepped in, these waters had hosted a number of New Zealand's worst maritime disasters. Pelorus Jack's job, as he performed it, was to guide boats to a safe crossing. Usually he would just materialise at the bow; if he didn't, captains would often stall their vessels and wait.

he next morning I bought a ticket for the Lady Avalon, a sturdy blue and white trawler, for a tour of Dingle Bay, where a dinghy, a white Zodiac, and a trio of sailboats circled.

"Anyone see him anywhere?" The captain,  stuck his head out of the wheelhouse. No one had, but not for lack of looking. Then, suddenly, from our stern, a lady in a yellow slicker yelled: "There he is! Oh my god! I saw him!"

With a whooshing outbreath the dolphin had surfaced, and he was close enough that I could see his distinctive, gnarled face. Fungie looked pugilistic, and disconcertingly huge, with white markings around his chin like an old man's whiskers. He bore noticeable scars: his beak was roughed-up at the tip and his tail was missing a divot. On his throat he had the dolphin equivalent of deep wrinkles. Still, this was a big, tough bottlenose. I had read that Fungie was 12ft long and weighed 700lbs, but those numbers are low. My first thought was that the Most Loyal Animal on the Planet could knock someone's lights out if he wanted to.

Watching the dolphin, I felt a palpable glee emanating from him. No wonder the town had claimed him as their own – he was a skilled entertainer. He made perfect aerial arcs, walked on his tail and at one point swam along on his back, clapping his pectoral fins.

Observing him, I found myself wondering if Fungie's past might have included a stint in captivity; if, back in the day, he had lived in a sea pen and somehow escaped. It had been known to happen, especially during storms. Unfortunately, they don't always know where to go or what to do with their sudden freedom, and so they seek out what they're accustomed to: people. Could Fungie be a refugee? We can only guess. But back at the docks, I decided to share my theory, with the skipper. "It seems like someone must have trained him," I said. "Do you know if they did?" The captain , who had been smiling pleasantly enough before I said this, turned and stared at me hard. A shadow passed fast over his face, darkening it like a thundercloud.

"Not at all," he said curtly, turning away dismissively. "He is a totally wild animal."

In so many ways, I came to realise, Dingle is a best-case scenario for a podless dolphin. There is no way to watch Fungie and doubt that he is having fun. He hunts for his own food. He is savvy enough to avoid propellers and dodge assholes. He has bonded with people but he's not completely isolated from his own species. (Lately, he has been seen gallivanting with two females.) In all situations the town protects his interests. And if The Most Loyal Animal on the Planet ever decides that he has been loyal to Dingle for long enough, he is free to leave as he pleases.

Obviously, the town is praying that never happens. What's good for Fungie is good for them. But as I drove away from Dingle, the bay shining behind me, I gave my own silent thanks to the people who had cared enough to protect a lone dolphin, the town with a Fungie-shaped space in its heart.

This is an edited extract from 'Voices in the Ocean' by Susan Casey (£16.99, Oneworld)

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Lost and found in Dingle  Ireland - the Blasket Islands

On a driving holiday, Sathya Saran takes a rather lucky wrong turn and it leads her to the folklore and culture of the Blasket Islands

I know for sure now that I am lost.

I have been driving for 25 minutes, hopefully heading for the Louis Mulcahy pottery centre and cafe, where I am to learn to make a clay pot and have lunch, but nothing tells me I am on the right road. I don’t mind much. The road I am on offers sights that are immensely distracting. This is the coast that films like Ryan’s Daughter were shot in. Food and pottery can wait, I decide, and take the next turn.

I am in Dingle town in County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland, and it is my third day of discovering the South on my own. I am on a scenic route that tourists usually take, one I have discovered by accident. A missed turn, and the road leads me through twists and hairpin turns up into the hills that border the ocean.

Finally, a sign tells me I am close to humanity again. I turn down a gravelled tar road that leads to the Blasket Centre, which is also on my list, though programmed for after lunch. The centre is the only remaining evidence of what is now a lost way of life. It uses all the tools of modern technology, from documentaries to photographs to books and touch screens, to recreate the Blasket islanders’ way of life. The Blasket Islands can be viewed from the large picture window at the far end of the Centre. I see them — craggy, rocky, uninhabitable looking islands — not too far out from the mainland. Excursions do still go out to these islands, but the slippery slopes demand good shoes on firm-footed travellers and a sunny day, rare in this season. So I explore the Centre instead.

The Blasket Islands, about 5 km from the coast of the mainland of Kerry, were inhabited for almost 300 years. Isolated from the mainland, the islanders lived a tough, austere life, and evolved habits of food and culture that were singularly their own. Unlike in the mainland where the Irish language gave way to modification and the influence of English, the islanders spoke in the old, native tongue. The earliest inhabitants, in 1840, numbered about 150. The Great Famine decimated the number to 100, but by 1917 many mainlanders who had lost their homes and found life too tough moved to the islands for safety and to escape persecution from the Lords.

Fishing gave them their livelihood and food, which they preferred boiled and sometimes raw. Hungry fishermen out at sea were quite happy eating the fresh crabs they caught in their nets, uncooked, while they waited for the rest of the day’s catch to come in. They sometimes caught seal, ate the meat and used the skin to line the mud floors of their stone and mortar walled houses. Disconnected from the mainland, life was hard. They had to row three miles to the mainland and walk another five miles if they needed a priest, and 12 miles to visit a doctor.

Living in seclusion, the islanders spun stories about their way of life; the sea, the elements, the harsh cold winters and the biting winds and storms made up their songs and tales. In 1907, Carl Marstrander, nicknamed affectionately the ‘Viking’, came to study the islanders and lived, worked and ate with them as one of their own. The old Irish scholar wanted to learn modern Irish from the islanders, and he stayed at the house of the island king and learnt from the only ‘professor’ there, Thomas O Criomhthain. In return, the Viking made the islanders understand how their culture was unique, and something to be proud of. He helped change them from a people living in fear to a people proud and independent. Some years after he left, he directed a student of Old Irish, Robin Flower, to visit the islands.

It is thanks to Robin Flower that the Blasket Centre exists — for he started the movement that helped record the folklore and stories of the islanders in a language that was by now almost unheard. Excerpts from the translations of the original work of the islanders line the walls of the Blasket Centre. The lines are evocative, with a poetic and haunting quality that life on the sea evokes. The books they are from have evocative names. Twenty Years A-Growing , The Islander , and Stories from the Blasket , are oral chronicles transcribed into print of a life lost to the Irish, and books that they are very proud of. The islands were evacuated on November 17, 1953, when the few remaining residents, mostly old, crossed over to the mainland to be resettled. Most youngsters had immigrated to the U.S., and life on their island was no longer feasible for the elders.

Unaware, I have spent more than an hour, lost in the historic retellings of the islanders. I loathe leaving but hunger reminds me that I have yet to find the cafe and the pottery. But, as I head towards my little car, I am carrying a bit of Blasket history with me. Nestled in my bag is Muiris O Suilleabhain’s book, Twenty Years A-Growing , which I hope to start reading with my lunch at Louis Mulcahy Cafe. Now, all I need to do is find the place.

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Ireland’s best and worst counties to visit are revealed

 August 19, 2015    By            

James Mulhall

IRELAND is well known for its incredible scenery – and now the top counties to visit have been revealed.

Unsurprisingly, Kerry and Galway battled for the top spot, with the Kingdom coming out on top.

One in four voted for Kerry which boasts incredible views on Dingle Peninsula and Valentia Island.

Galway’s quaint streets and sweeping views of the Atlantic managed to nab it the runner up spot.

The MyHome.ie survey looked at all counties in Ireland but sadly, seven of them did not get a single vote.

Carlow, Derry, Down, Longford, Roscommon, Monaghan and Tyrone failed to capture the magic of the counties in the south and west it seems.

Armagh, Laois, Fermanagh, Limerick and Westmeath all managed to be ranked as the top holiday destination in Ireland by just 0.17 per cent of voters.

In all, 5,000 people voted in the survey and Kerry was the runaway winner.

See the list below

1. Kerry (24.5%)

2. Galway (17%)

3. Cork (14%)

4. Wexford (10%)

5. Clare (8%)

6. Donegal (6%)

7. Mayo (5%)

8. Dublin (3%)

9. Wicklow (2%)

10. Kilkenny & Waterford (1.5%)

11. Sligo (1.3%)

12. Tipperary & Antrim (1%)

13. Leitrim (0.8%)

14. Louth (0.7%)

15. Cavan & Offaly (0.5%)

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Go Fungie! He's back flipping & having lots of fun yesterday. #dingle #dolphin #Ireland

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The Dingle Peninsula has the best beaches in Ireland

Best for swimming  - Ventry Beach

Eat: The Old Slipper Restaurant

Drink: Quinn’s Pub and Paudi O’ Sé

Best beach nearest to Dingle town - Beenbawn Beach

Dingle town is only 5 minute drive from this beautiful beach and the Dingle Pub / Murphy’s Pub offers good food and entertainment

Best for island lovers - Trá Bán, Great Blasket Island

Don't let reading Peig at school put you off visiting the island she married onto. Now uninhabited, the Great Blasket is a lovely wilderness to explore, take a dip, picnic and enjoy the views back to Dún Chaoin on the mainland (where the Blasket Centre is located), from lovely sandy Trá Bán. heritageireland.ie

Après beach Explore the island and then the teeming waters around it with Marine Tours (marinetours.ie).

Drive the lovely Dingle Peninsula to Ballyferriter to the pubs for good food and drink and traditional music

Best For horse fans - Beal Ban Beach

Ah, there's nothing like the thudding of horses' hooves on wet sand for drama. and you find it at Beal Ban beach at Ballyferriter.

Best for film buffs - Couminole and Inch Beach

Coomeenole Strand

Back in 1975 when David Lean shot the epic Ryan's Daughter, this was the beach he chose for his location. In a bite of sandy land between the headlands of Dunmore and Slea heads, Coomeenole looks across to the Great Blasket island.

Inch Beach

While Inch Beach sticks a sandy finger into the Atlantic on the Dingle peninsula, its counterpart Rossbeigh Strand juts a flipper out from the Iveragh Peninsula opposite. It's a toss up as to which is more beautiful, but movie-makers seem to favour Inch - David Lean chose it as the beach locations for Ryan's Daughter while the 1962 film of Playboy of the Western World was entirely shot here.

And remember down your oysters at Sammy's overlooking the  beach

Best for sunsets - Kinard Beach /Trá Beag

Best  for families - Murreach  Strand 

A very popular beach because of its shelter from the wind and safe              swimming and you can get delicious food especially fresh fish at TP’s pub right beside it

Best  for wild weather and storms  - Clogher Beach 

and of course take a boat trip on Dingle Bay to see Fungie the Dolphin

http://www.dingledolphin.com/