County Kerry - Towns

Castlemaine is situated on the beautiful Maine River. It was here the Australian outlaw, known as the Wild Colonial Boy was born. He is celebrated in a song of the same name.

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Cloghane, on an inlet of Brandon Bay beneath the eastern slopes of Brandon Mountain, has a fine beach and is a good base for climbing Brandon (3,127 feet).

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Dingle has barely half-a-dozen streets and 1,500 denizens - yet it is arguably the fun capital of the western world.

Other towns and cities may rival it for eating and drinking, but which of those can boast as well the music, the banter, the sea, the sand, the scenery, a certain dolphin, and the easy warmth of the welcome.

Tens of thousands make the annual pilgrimage here, overflowing guesthouses, hostels, and campsites, pubs, restaurants, and shops, their mission to learn from the natives how to enjoy themselves. Most or all of them succeed - the local strain of craic is highly infectious.

But Dingle is more than just merrymaking. Quieter pleasures include a number of interesting walks, a great many historical remains, especially ogham stones, and the gentle call of the ambient hills.

Nor is Dingle devoid of gravitas. This was and is a serious market town, built upon fishing and farming. And the banks, offices, and emporia on Main Street still lend an air of stability.

As elsewhere in Ireland, field sports, especially Gaelic football, are a perennial passion. Soccer too is keenly followed. The Dingle Races in August are a manifestation of Kerry's love affair with the horse. And of course there is an annual regatta.

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The Dingle Peninsula, stretching westwards for 30 miles (48 km) from the low-lying country near Tralee, is the most northerly of the hilly promontories of County Kerry. Between Tralee and Inch runs the Slieve Mish range of mountains; further west, in the centre of the peninsula, is a tract of wild hilly country; then north of Dingle town is the mighty rampart of Brandon (3,127 feet), and on its western side a coastal plain studded with typical Irish hamlets and villages. This Western end of the peninsula has magnificent coastal scenery, and is an Irish-speaking district where the traditional customs, crafts and lore are very much alive.

Dingle is the chief town of the peninsula and an excellent touring centre. Lying at the foot of a steep slope on the north side of Dingle Harbour, it is bounded on three sides by hills. Dingle was the chief port of Kerry in the old Spanish trading days, and in the reign of Queen Elizabeth was important enough to be a walled town.

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