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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] Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing ...
Conor Pass, which runs from Dingle on the south-western end of the peninsula towards Brandon Bay and Castlegregory in the north-east, is the highest mountain pass in Ireland, [citation needed] a narrow, twisting road; it weaves its way around the sharp cliff faces and past the high corrie lakes. The Blasket Islands lie off the west coast. They ...
Coumeenoole (Irish: Com Dhíneol) [1] is in County Kerry, Ireland. [2] The townlands of Coumeenoole North and Coumeenoole South are in the civil parish of Dunquin in the barony of Corkaguiny. [3] Due to its location on Slea Head, on the Dingle Peninsula, the beach at Coumeenoole Bay is a tourist destination. [4]
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.
Cé Bhréannain or Bréanainn (anglicized as Brandon) [1] is a Gaeltacht village on the northern coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.It lies directly north of Dingle, at the foot of Mount Brandon and on the shores of Brandon Bay.
Annascaul or Anascaul (Irish: Abhainn an Scáil / Abha na Scáil) is a village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.It is situated 32.9 kilometres west of Tralee on the N86 Tralee - Dingle national secondary road near its junction with the R561 regional road to Castlemaine and Farranfore leading to nearby Inch Strand. [2]
Doonshean or Doonsheane (Irish: Dún Síon or Dún Séann) [1] is a townland in western County Kerry in Ireland. It is located about 3.8 km east from the neighbouring town of Dingle. The area gets its name from the nearby Doonmore fort, with dún (fort) transliterated to doon, and síon deriving from the word síneadh meaning a stretch of land.
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.