The small fishing and market town of Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland ( "Daingean Ui Chuis" in Irish and "An Daingean" on direction signs) is the gateway to the West of Dingle, a landscape rich in many heritages: language, ancient & modern history, geology, peoples, wildlife, birdlife, fauna & flora. Although the Dingle Peninsula is a single place on the map, there are distinct differences in each place upon it. We can divide it around Dingle Town as East of Dingle and West of Dingle
This web site aims to help the visitor wondering 'Why consider the West of Dingle for our wedding, marriage or other special event?' or thinking 'It is so small an area what is special about it?'.
Dingle is a great base for events West of Dingle, but there is plenty of accommodation further West. As well as many small named hamlets, larger townlands are also named on the maps. When the road signs were changed to kilometers the opportunity was taken to change the places signed to their Gaelic names. i.e "Ventry" is now signed as "Ceann Trá", this emphasises that the region is a Gaeltacht, a native Irish speaking area where Kerry Irish is spoken by many, although everyone is bi-lingual, so the visitor will have no problems speaking English or American.
There are a host of places to stay around Dingle, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Guest houses, homes for rental, holiday homes and even mobile home accommodation.
There are two mobile home parks West of Dingle, one next to Ventry Beach and the other at Cuan close to the boat launching ramp and pier
Many visitors from Europe, and in particular from the UK bring their pets with them. As the UK and Ireland have compatible health requirements for dogs, bringing your pooch on holiday via the ferry is simple. Most ferries offer a kennel or with the journey being around 4 hours many pets are more comfortable in the vehicle. For those looking for pet friendly accommodation around Dingle then follow this link to Kilmalkedar.co.uk for two homes, one on the North side and one on the South side of Dingle, that both welcome well behaved children and pets.
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