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Tips for Seeing Ireland on a Budget, Surgery and Online Classes
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 17 May 2012
A week ago we got back from a nine day trip to Ireland. Visiting Ireland has been a life-long dream for me since some of my ancestry on my dad’s side (and my last name) is Irish. It was an amazing trip and tons of fun and we managed to do it on very little money. [...]
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Colourful Dingle Town
Blog: Pommie Travels - 3 April 2012
The most famous attraction in Dingle Town is Fungie the dolphin, which is a surprisingly odd name for a dolphin [...]
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Beautiful Scenery on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
Blog: Pommie Travels - 2 April 2012
I love Ireland. In most places, if it was grey and rainy, I would be less than impressed. But somehow Ireland [...]
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Blasket Islands: A Lost Way of Life
Blog: Irish Fireside - 3 October 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sS8YF3XcX0 Just off the coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry are the scenic Blasket Islands. They poke out of the ocean like the tops of drowned mountains, so close yet so far away. In 1953 the hardy Irish-speaking islanders left their insular homes to relocate to a more friendly environment. In their books [...]
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Life’s a Beach… Inch Strand on the Dingle Peninsula
Blog: Irish Fireside - 6 August 2011
Magnificent Sky from McKay Glasgow on Vimeo. This video brings me back to my first experience driving on an Irish beach. For me, it was at Dungannon on the Hook Head Peninsula in County Wexford. This one was filmed on Inch Strand on the Dingle Peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne in Irish… even if the film-makers say [...]
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Dingle Craftspeople in the Spotlight
Blog: Irish Fireside - 7 May 2011
As RTE, Ireland’s national television station, celebrates the second anniversary of their online player, viewers around the world can continue enjoying some of Ireland’s best television programs on their computer screens. What’s that, you say? You haven’t been tuning in to Irish TV. Well then, may I suggest you start with a program like [...]
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Sidetracked! Wildlife and Seal Sanctuary, Dingle, Ireland
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 28 March 2011
Recently opened in June of 2010, the Sanctuary is set on 22 scenic acres of wetland where the hardworking volunteers care for not only seals, but any orphaned, wounded or abandon animal on the coasts of Kerry and Cork.
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Michele’s Hot Deals in Ireland 2011
Blog: Irish Fireside - 3 February 2011
Save money and get some great deals and offers in Ireland. Give your budget a break; get a discount, special extra or an upgrade by staying in excellent accommodations throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland. All of these offers are from reputable lodgings that I have personally inspected and stayed at. All are reviewed in my [...]
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Ireland's Ring of Dingle
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 23 April 2010
A great alternative to the tourist clogged Ring of Kerry is the not-as-famous Slea Head Drive west from Dingle.
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Jammed on the Dingle Peninsula! {Day 13}
Blog: Emerald Dreams Photography - 20 December 2009
I woke up a little groggy, this morning, and a little tipsy from last night’s fun. But I was heading off to Dingle Peninsula with Chad today, which was definitely a great choice because today was another gorgeous blue sky day! I bought my tour ticket on the spot, because there were no day in advanced [...]
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A Little Climb…A Harrowing Pass and Mountain Descent
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 10 November 2009
In addition to Ireland’s most scenic coastline and sights: Slea Head Drive, and Fungie the Dolphin in Dingle town’s harbor, there are two other parts of the Dingle Peninsula that I really loved. Forging Dingle’s Connor Pass: My photos from Connor Pass don’t even look real, and I swear to you they are unaltered. I was emphatically warned about attempting the Connor pass since I wasn’t particularly skilled behind the wheel on the left side of the road (so sue me, I’m an American, we don’t drive on that side!)…and I ...
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A Little Scenic…The Absolute Most Picturesque Drive in Ireland
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 8 November 2009
It’s no secret that I truly love Ireland – I think I have pretty successfully waxed poetic about the country in most of the past week’s blog posts. Fortunately for you, I’m not done yet! As wonderful as Dingle town is, a trip to the Dingle Peninsula isn’t complete without driving Slea Head Drive. This is arguably one of Ireland’s most scenic drives and contains several of the oldest sites in Ireland all contained in one small area. I filled the car with two other women I met at the ...
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A Little Subtlety…Dingle’s Quiet Charm
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 4 November 2009
Dingle is a gem; this quiet little unassuming peninsula lies just north of the Ring of Kerry but is a world apart in terms of pace and welcome. And although nearly all the Irish you meet are ready with a warm “hello” and a bit of friendly chat, the welcome on Dingle Peninsula is particularly open. Most of the Dingle peninsula is a Gaeltacht area, which means that Irish is the first spoken language. That’s what makes it so fantastic. Everyone still also speaks English, but in this tiny pocket of ...
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