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Town in County Kerry, Ireland
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Dingle (An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis) is the only sizable town on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, some 50 km southwest of Tralee. With a population in 2022 of 1700, it has a colourful town centre and fishing harbour. It's in an Irish-speaking area, with 14% speaking it daily. In 2005 they had a great ruckus over whether the town's official name was the Irish or English version, and the decision was sort-of a bit of both.
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Large aquarium with walk-through tunnel and touch-pools. Beasts include sharks, penguins, reptiles and otters.
Roman Catholic church built in neo-gothic style in 1862, but with much of that style later stripped out. Its Chapel of the Sacred Heart has elegant Arts & Crafts stained glass windows by Harry Clarke. The convent next door is now Diseart cultural centre, see below.
Pub serving food with nightly live music, also has rooms.
Fish and chips takeaway.
Seafood restaurant and pub.
Friendly seafood bistro and bar, they also have rooms.
Warm and cozy, they make great seafood chowder.
Michelin star restaurant with set meal and a la carte available.
Small trad pub with live music. Cash only.
Seafront pub and a good stop for food.
Grand little trad pub, touristy but deserves its popularity.
Friendly trad pub.
Lively pub with live music and TV sport. Also has bar food and accommodation.
Pub and haberdashery shop.
Lively small pub with trad music every evening, with an early set Sunday. They don't have food. Cash only.
Live jazz, blues and pizza, great atmosphere.
Buy a bag of 2-inch nails whilst having a pint: a traditional hardware store on one side with a bar on the other. Step through the door and back in time.
Welcoming pub, good selection. The 19th century cowshed, wool-drying shed and storehouse has since 2017 been a micro-brewery, tours available.
Cosy small hostel near town centre.
Clean, well-run hostel 2 km north of town. It's open Apr-Oct with camping in the orchard.
Family-friendly site near the tip of the peninsula, open year-round. Dogs permitted in campervans but not tents.
Friendly spacious B&B.
Simple, comfy B&B.
Small B&B in a central townhouse.
Guesthouse with good views of the bay, short walk to centre. No dogs.
Pleasant edge-of-town B&B with views overlooking the bay. Open April-Oct.
Comfy guesthouse overlooking the harbour. Has six parking spots, otherwise use the harbour car park.
Friendly guesthouse right on the shore.
It isn't a lighthouse of course, it's a clean comfy modern B&B, open Feb-Nov.
Smart central hotel.
Swish guesthouse overlooking Dingle Bay gets great reviews for comfort. Free parking.
Smart hotel with spa, mostly good reviews. In winter they're only open at weekends.
Comfy small hotel, it's the food that earns the best reviews. Has limited on-site parking.
Pax gets great reviews for comfort, welcome and sea-views.
Visit for the bookshop, stay for the cafe in the back.
Claims to be the smallest record shop in Ireland. Wide selection of local singers' and musicians' CDs and info about what's on.
For inter-city public transport go via Tralee, which has buses and trains from Dublin, Limerick and elsewhere.
Read in the guideLocal Link Bus 277 runs six times M-Sa to Ventry, Ballyferriter and Dunquin.
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