Dingle Travel Blogs

On Wednesday of our vacation, we went out to the Ventry area and did some horseback riding!! Yippee! We did this at Long's Horseriding and Trekking Centre and we had a total blast!! http://www.longsriding.com/ I, of course, was scared to death, but the rest of my family took to riding li…

So, I could go on forever and forever about the Dingle Peninsula, or I could just let you see the pictures. I can state that this the best place I've visited in my entire life so far (which spans nearly 3 decades). I IMPLORE you to see every one of these pix, they're all amazing. Our guide Shane al…

     We left the B and B for a day of fun in Dingle. Out first stop was the Fungi the Dolphin boat tour; we had tried to do the boat tour the day before but we had gotten into town too late for the sailing.  We booked the tour which was a little later in the morning and dec…

After the craziness of driving through the Ring of Kerry, both Angie and I were ready for something a little more subdued.  We ended up going through Tralee even though there was a ferry there that would get us to Dingle quicker.  We figured with the car and two passengers we were looking…

  Dingle The idea to cycle the Peninsula had taken root in my mind after a visit in the summer of 2001. I had a longing to return and feel the road beneath the tires of a bicycle. The trouble with cycling is you get used to seeing and hearing everything around you and becoming a part of the …

Have you ever been in REM sleep, lost to the world, when a loud sound startles you back into reality?   Around 3 a.m. we sat straight up in bed, courtesy of a loud alarm, ringing very much like the bell to change classes in high school.  Good grief!!  After five minutes of …

When I think of Ireland, this is the area  that comes to mind...the magical southwest.  I hope the pictures are able to do it some justice, with the rolling hills, narrow streets, and green everywhere.  Even the towns have neat names...Dingle, Limmerick, etc. We started in the morni…

Last year I spent a few days on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. This is the south west corner of Ireland. Dingle is the main town on the Peninsula, and I stayed in a hostel there. This was the first trip I've ever done completely on my own. I ended up making friends along the way, and hav…

I arrived at my new hosts' flat with the intention of staying for one or two nights. Seven days later I finally said my goodbyes to Carlos and Fabien. Carlos from Spain and Fabien from France have been living and working in Cork for about a year. I was just one of many in the stream of couchsurfers…

Basically, the day was filled by me looking for place to go pony trekking.  I went to two places and all rides had already gone out.  finally i went back to Father Toms church where a farmer was renting the land for his animals, and he had a horse.  He happened to be in the field whe…

We have spent the last three nights in Dingle and will set off for another leg of our hike tomorrow. Lots of quirky, fun things have occured over the last few days. I'll start with a pint at Foxy John's Hardware Store ~ literally, this place is both a hardware store and a pub. While there, Andy str…

Up in the morning, I went out for a walk in the small town. It was really lovely. I went up to the school, then turned around. I do wonder what it would be like, going to school here.I returned to the hostel for breakfast, and to pack up. I did see a dog, who often hangs around the area. Then, it w…

I love that when I go on these tours I somehow manage to drink in excess amounts every single night, eventually go to bed in the wee hours of the morning to wake up only a few hours later feeling absolutely fantastic and ready to take on the next day at full speed ahead.Today was scenery day in the…

Hey all!Much to update! I suppose the first thing I will fill you in on is the results of the compeition. We won second place for the trophy while the womens choir from Finland got the trophy (note: they were not that good we expected to lose to the swedish engineers if anything) and Norway got thi…

out in the tiny town of dingle, they have a pet dolphin named "fungi" who supposedly hangs around in the harbor-we didn't see 'em though. we're apparently mentally the age of 5 and everytime someone said dingle blake would say "berry!" it was quite funny...then there are those beehive shaped huts t…