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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 ]
The Dingle Peninsula (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny or Corcaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) 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. [1] It is separated from the Iveragh Peninsula to the south by the Dingle Bay.
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
With an area of 4,807 square kilometres (1,856 sq mi) and a population of 156,458 as of 2022, it is the 5th largest of Ireland's 32 counties by land area, and the 15th most populous. The governing local authority is Kerry County Council. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Kerry is Ireland's most westerly county.
Dingle Bay (Bá an Daingin in Irish) is a bay located in County Kerry, western Ireland. The outer parts of the Dingle Peninsula and Dingle Bay mark one of the westernmost points of mainland Ireland. The harbour town of Dingle lies on the north side of the bay.
Inch and Inch Strand in County Kerry. Inch (Irish: Inse, meaning 'river meadow') [1] is a small coastal settlement and townland on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Inch Strand, in Inch townland, [2] is on a long sand spit and dune system which reaches into Dingle Bay. [3] The R561 regional road passes through the area.
The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County Kerry. The town's population was 26,079 as of the 2022 census, making it the 15th largest urban settlement in Ireland. Tralee is known for the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which has been held annually in August since 1959.
This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. Counties in the Republic of Ireland are shown in normal type, while those in Northern Ireland are listed in italic type. The 32 traditional counties of Ireland