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Dunquin lies at the most westerly tip of the Dingle Peninsula, overlooking the Blasket Islands. [1] At 10°27'16"W, it is the most westerly settlement of Ireland and of Eurasia, excluding Iceland. Nearby Dunmore Head is the most westerly point of mainland Ireland. The town is linked to Dingle via the R559 regional road.
Tralee (/ t r ə ˈ l iː / trə-LEE; Irish: Trá Lí, pronounced [t̪ˠɾˠaː(j) ˈl̠ʲiː]; formerly Tráigh Lí, meaning 'strand of the River Lee') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County
The peninsula exists because of the band of sandstone rock that forms the Slieve Mish mountain range at the neck of the peninsula, in the east, and the Brandon Group of mountains, and the Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula further to the west. Ireland's highest mountain outside MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Mount Brandon at 951 m, forms part of ...
A twisty one-lane asphalted road leads to the pass. The drive is considered one of the most beautiful in Ireland. [6] Vehicles over two tonnes in weight are prohibited from using the road in order to avoid difficulties in passing. Bicycle ascent to the pass is one of the most famous and difficult climbs in Ireland. [7]
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The county contains the extreme west point of Ireland, Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula, or including islands, Tearaght Island, part of the Blaskets. The most westerly inhabited area of Ireland is Dún Chaoin, on the Dingle Peninsula. The River Feale, the River Laune and the Roughty River flow through Kerry, into the Atlantic. Dingle Peninsula
Dingle (Irish: An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis, meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") [9] is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Killarney. [10] Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing ...
An Clochán (anglicized as Cloghane; from clochán, a local type of dry-stone hut) [1] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry, Ireland, at the foot of Mount Brandon. It is also part of a civil parish of the same name. [2] In 1974 the village was added to the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking region). [3]