Area · Co. Kerry
REVIEW — the far southwest of Kerry; copy in editorial review.
The Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry — photo by achimprill
The Dingle Peninsula is the far southwest of County Kerry, a place of strong light, strong wind and a strong sense of a place that has been lived in for a very long time. The town of Dingle is the base for most visitors, and the peninsula is a good place for a longer trip.
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The aquarium in Dingle town — penguins, sharks, Asian otters and rays under a glass dome on the main street, the classic rainy-day stop on the Iveragh and one of the best places in the country to do with kids.
A small, steep island off the Iveragh Peninsula, home to an early Christian monastery of beehive huts — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the great places in the country.
Two small islands off the Dingle Peninsula, home to a community until 1953 — now a nature reserve and one of the most important seabird colonies in Europe.
The principal settlement of the Iveragh Peninsula — “Little Sadhbh’s stone ringfort” — on the lower River Ferta, fifty kilometres west of Killarney, with the ringforts of Cahergall and Leacanabuaile in the townland.