A Ring, a Dingle, and a whole lot of sheep


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March 20th 2009
Published: March 23rd 2009
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Friday morning started out with a nice breakfast in the Montenotte. There was a full spread “Irish breakfast.” Eggs, bacon (which is more like Canadian bacon), sausage, toast, beans (some white bean in a sweet-ish red sauce - yum!), and black pudding. Black pudding was the one thing I had sort of vowed never to eat. It seems like on each trip I try some local delicacy, the thought of which... Read Full Entry



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GaelicGaelic
Gaelic

Here's what it looks like. All the signs are bilingual
Secret ChocolateSecret Chocolate
Secret Chocolate

But it was so good!
DingleDingle
Dingle

I think this was in the town of Dingle. Little fishing village
DingleDingle
Dingle

With their multicolor houses. They all used to be grey until a contest for the prettiest town in the 1970s. Now they're rainbow
Tom and NicoleTom and Nicole
Tom and Nicole

their house while filming Far and Away. Dingle
Beehive hutsBeehive huts
Beehive huts

Dingle Peninsula
Close callClose call
Close call

We almost hit this guy, just wandering in the road. Dingle Peninsula
BreakthroughBreakthrough
Breakthrough

It got a little overcast in the afternoon, but the sun was trying to break through. Dingle Peninsula
Windy RoadsWindy Roads
Windy Roads

They're not as wide as they look in this pic. It's nice that they all have that stone wall around them. Much prettier than the ugly grey metal guardrails we have. Dingle Peninsula
Rainbows!Rainbows!
Rainbows!

Multicolor sheep. Dingle Peninsula
MemorialMemorial
Memorial

A tiny hidden stone marker commemorating the 1588 shipwreck of the Santa Maria de la Rosa of the Spanish Armada. Dingle Peninsula
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Dingle

It's now An Daingean with the Dingle clearly removed from every single road sign. Dingle Peninsula



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