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Louis Mulcahy
Pottery Workshop & Free Vistior Centre
Clogher,
Ballyferriter.
Tel: 066-9156229.
Fax
066-9156366.
e-mail:
dingle@louismulcahy.com
website :
http://www.louismulcahy.com/
Louis Mulcahy's
Pottery
Louis Mulcahy
has dedicated an area at his pottery workshop and showrooms to those
visitors who wish to experience the craft for themselves.
The
visitor room offers hands on experience of the pottery making, with
a professional potter in attendance, together with explanations of
the forming techniques and the glazing and firing
processes.
Three throwing wheels are provided for visitors and
the professional will help them to make a pot. Visitors can take
their pot away after it has dried and protective clothing is
provided.
This educational experience should be a further reason
to stop at Louis Mulcahy's pottery, which is located at the perfect
half way point, where the Slea Head road turns back inland to
Dingle, after the route along the cliff tops.
Visitor Experience Room Open
10.00am to 5.00pm Mon -
Fri
Pottery Shop
Open
9.00am - 6.00pm Every
Day.
9.00am - 8.00pm (July & August) |
Try your skills,
Try your skills,
On the potter's wheel
On the potter's wheel
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Scanlon's Pet Farm is
located just five miles west of Dingle towards the end of the
beautiful Slea Head Drive. The farm is situated in the lap of Mount
Brandon and enjoys tremendous views of the surrounding countryside.
Visitors can observe, watch and walk or follow one of the regular
guided tours. Peacocks, Geese, deer, Hens, pigs, Rabbits, Aviary
Birds…. and more!
A visit to this magical place will be enjoyed and
remembered by young and old.
Summer Season Opening Times:
Monday to Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 12 noon – 6pm
Guided Tours available
Picnic Area/Playground
Refreshment Counter
Toilets and Shower
Coach and Car Parking
Wheelchair Accessible
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Famine Cottage
It is
hard to believe that, until recently, this cottage had been home to
a number of visitors to the area. Some came here seeking a return to
a simpler lifestyle, others such as photographers and writers
seeking inspiration from this house and its surroundings. Now it
lies empty, keeper of the untold secrets of its past, and a
testament to the skill of the men who built it.
On a beautiful
summers day, when the sun shines, one can feel the heartbreak the
Kavanagh family must have felt when leaving this idyllic spot,
heading for the Emigration Ships.........
http://www.faminecottage.com/
managh@indigo.ie
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Gallarus Oratory
One
of the finest examples of an early Christian Church to be found in
Ireland. Dating from 800 AD,
As early as the 6th century
monastic settlements were built in remote areas of Ireland. This
small oratory, built without mortar, uses corbel vaulting a
technique developed by Neolithic tomb-makers. It is dimly lit, with
only a tiny window opposite the entrance door. Shaped like an
upturned boat this miniature church overlooks the harbour at
Smerwick on the Dingle Peninsula .
gallarusoratory@hotmail.com
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Rahinnane
Castle
The castle
was the residence of the Knight of Kerry, who belonged to the
Geraldine family. The castle was built on the site of an old
ringfort. The ringfort was built up and a second added with walls of
6 metres (20 feet), giving the appearance that there may have been a
moat, although there never was one. This castle was the residential
fort of the chieftains of the locality before the arrival of the
Normans. The Knight of Kerry lived there until Cromwellian times.
Rahinnane Castle still has its very tiny, narrow, stone stairs, from
the first to second floors, which can be (carefully!)
climbed.
Enquiries
at Árd an Chaislean Bed and Breakfast for
details Mrs. Ailene Murphy, Dingle, Rathanane Castle Ventry,
Co.Kerry Phone:
066 915 98 46 Fax: 066 915 91 27
familyfarm@eircom.net |
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Dingle Golf Links Ceann
Sibéal
Experience the Magic
!
6,696 yards, Par 72 Traditional Championship Links.
Each hole on this magnificient links is carved from the natural
landscape of one of the most unspoiled parts of Europe, with hazards
laid down long before the game of golf was dreamt of, including a
winding "burn" that twists and turns through the entire
course.
As you play, the whole panorama of the Dingle
Peninsula is revealed - hidden bays with small fishing villages,
glorious hills and mountains and the Blasket Islands out in the wild
Atlantic. This area abounds in archaeological treasures wild flora
and fauna, arts and crafts and ancient Gaelic culture.
The Irish
language is still spoken here.
e-mail: dinglegc@iol.ie website : http://www.dinglelinks.com/
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Dingle Pitch & Putt
Driving Range
Jimmy
O'Connor
Milltown/Dingle
Tel 066-915 20 20.
This
facility has a 20 Bay driving range and
18 hole Pitch & Putt
at a most scenic location
1/2 kilometer from Dingle Town.
Clubs & Golfballs available for hire.
Pool room and Snack
Bar Facilities.
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Sea Angling aboard MV
Maum an Oraigh
Sea angling packages
and day trips.
Nicholas O'Connor
Angler's
Rest
Ventry.
Tel & Fax: 066-9159947.
e-mail: avalon@iol.ie website : homepage
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Beehive
Huts.
Fahan, Ventry
The
hillside along the Slea Head Drive in the townland of Fahan is
littered with Clocháns, or BEEHIVE HUTS. At one stage there
were over 400 of these drystone, corbelled huts surviving, prompting
one antiquarian in the 19th century to refer to the area as the
"City of Fahan".
These structures occur as single units or can
also be found within stone fort complexes. They are generally
believed to have been habitation sites, although the tradition of
such buildings continued up to the early 20th century for storage
purposes.
Easily accessible from the main Slea Head
road.
There is also ample parking space available.
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Dunbeg Fort
Fahan, Ventry
Tel: +353 66 9159970
The
location of An Dún Beag, or Dunbeag Promontory Fort, makes it one of
the most dramatic archaeological sites on the peninsula. It has been
excavated and results show that it was begun in the late Bronze Age,
800 BC, and was used right through the Celtic period up to the 10th
century. This small but impressive fort is located on a sheer cliff
promontory which projects South into Dingle Bay at the base of Mt.
Eagle.
At the Dunbeg Fort Visitor Centre food is available
all day:
teas, coffees. sandwhiches, soups etc.
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Ventry's Blue Flag
Beach
is a paradise for the
watersports enthusiast.
Jamie Knox is hiring out watersports gear
during the summer months.
Tel: 066-7139411. Fax: 066-7139011.
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