Ring of Kerry Loop Drive, Cliffs of Mohr, Slea Head Loop, Dingle Pub for traditional Irish music.

Dingle Pub, Main St, Grove, Dingle, Co. Kerry, V92 RHP1. Very famous bar located in the centre of town offers delightful accommodation. Your host Tom will make your stay as pleasant as possible.

The Alpine Guest house was the B&B that we stayed at.

The Gallarus Oratory (Irish: Séipéilín Ghallarais, Gallarus being interpreted as either ‘rocky headland’ (Gall-iorrus) or ‘house or shelter for foreigner(s)’ (Gall Aras) is a chapel on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. It has been presented variously as an early-Christian stone church by antiquary Charles Smith, in 1756; a 12th century Romanesque church by archaeologist Peter Harbison in 1970; a shelter for pilgrims by the same in 1994. The local tradition prevalent at the time of Charles Smith attributed it to one Griffith More, being a funerary chapel built by him or his family at their burial place.

The oratory overlooks the harbour at Ard na Caithne (formerly also called Smerwick) on the Dingle Peninsula. Credit Wikipedia® Gallarus Oratory – Wikipedia

Slea Head (Irish: Ceann Sléibhe^[1]) is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corca Dhuibhne in southwest County Kerry, Ireland. It belongs to the province of Munster and the county of Kerry and is served by the R559 road; the nearest villages are Ballyickeen and Coumeenoole. The headland itself, together with the larger part of Mount Eagle’s southern slopes is formed from steeply dipping beds of the pebbly sandstones and conglomerates of the Slea Head Formation, dating from the Devonian period and traditionally referred to as the Old Red Sandstone.^[2]

Just to the northwest of Ceann Sléibhe is Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland. Ceann Sléibhe is a well known and recognised landmark and also a very scenic viewpoint, with a dramatic view of the Blasket Islands.^[3] On 11 March 1982, the Spanish container ship, Ranga, was wrecked at Dunmore Head, close to Ceann Sléibhe after losing power in a storm.

The Slea Head Drive

The Slea Head Drive is one of the Dingle Peninsula’s most stunning routes. En route are several famous landmarks such as Ventry Beach, Pre-historic Fort and Beehive Huts, The Dingle Famine Cottage, views of the Blaskets Islands and Coumenole Beach and Gallarus Oratory. The loop road returns towards Dingle (the capital of the Kerry Gaeltacht Irish-speaking area)

The Cliffs of Moher (/ˈmʌhər/; Irish: Aillte an Mhothair)^[1] are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.^[2][3] They run for about 14 kilometres (9 miles). At their southern end, they rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag’s Head, and, 8 kilometres (5 miles) to the north, they reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O’Brien’s Tower,^[4] a round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs, built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O’Brien,^[2][5] then continue at lower heights. The closest settlements are the villages of Liscannor 6 km (4 miles) to the south, and Doolin 7 km (4 miles) to the north.

From the cliffs, and from atop the tower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head to the south.^[5] The cliffs rank among the most visited tourist sites in Ireland, with around 1.5 million visits per year

Best Regards,

Bill & Joan

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