Dingle Peninsula

The Dingle Peninsula is the most northerly of the hilly promontories which reach out from the southwestern corner of Ireland, extending westward for more than 30mi/50km from the low-lying country around Tralee and Killorglin.

The highest point on the peninsula, Brandon Mountain (3,085ft/940m), rears up at the end of a chain of hills which at Brandon Head plunge almost straight into the sea from a height of 2,462ft/750m. To the west of this range is a rolling coastal plain studded with typical Irish farms and hamlets. Here there are few stone walls; corn is grown in small square fields, and red fuschia hedges, pale green ferns and black moss add their distinctive colorings to the landscape.

This is a predominantly Irish-speaking area (Gaeltacht), and old traditions, customs and crafts are still very much alive.

The area is littered with prehistoric and Early Christian remains.