Adare Village - Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland

The Adare and Dingle tour of ireland

 Dingle - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland

This is a day tour and the first stop on this tour is Adare village on the Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland.

The picturesque village of Adare sits on the River Maigue about sixteen kilometres west of Limerick City.  Home to Adare Manor and a beautiful collection of thatched cottages , beautifully painted and decorated with flowers, it has won the National Tidy Town Award several times.

Renowned as one of Ireland's prettiest villages, Adare is designated as a Heritage Town by the Irish government. Due to its origin as village of the Dunraven estate, Adare has a more planned appearance than many Irish villages and towns. Some of the buildings in Adare are pictured below
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Next after Adare on the way to Dingle is the picturesque Inch Strand. Inch Strand has three miles of sandy beach and it was chosen by David Lean as the beach location for "Ryan's Daughter". The film "Playboy of the Western World" was also shot entirely at Inch. 

Inch Strand - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland Inch Strand - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland Ryan's Daughter - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland

Next on the tour is Dingle which is a lively town full of Irish traditional pubs and restaurants where you will find great food, drink and traditional Irish music. It also has several arts and crafts shops and an aquarium which holds Irelands largest collection of sharks. Fungi the dolphin is also to found in Dingle harbour which he had made his home since 1984.

Dingle is very scenic as it has mountains behind it and faces onto a sheltered harbour . The town also has a fishing port and has some finest seafood restaurants in Ireland.

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Next we will leave Dingle and go on the Slea Head Drive. Slea Head is a very well know landmark that has dramatic views looking onto the Blasket Islands. The first village that we will pass through is Ventry which is a small village with a pub and a shop. Next we will pass by Dunbeg Fort which is located at the base of Mount Eagle. On this road there is a sheef cliff face on one side of the road and the Atlantic ocean on the other. We will then reach Slea Head which has magnificent views of the Blasket Islands and is marked by a stone crusifixation scene. Pictured below is the view of the Blasket Islands from Slea Head and Dunbeg Fort on the right.

Blasket Islands - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland Dunbeg Fort - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland

We will then be heading north to Coumenoole Strand, where some of the filming of Ryan's Daughter took place. The next place we will pass thorugh is Ballyferriter which is home of the Corca Dhuibhne Regional Museum. After Ballyferriter we will pass by some ancient monuments such as the excavated early Christian site at Reasc, and Gallarus Oratory.

The next village we will pass thorugh is Ballydavid which is a fishing village and leaving the village we will drive on a cliff top route which takes us to Brandon Creek which is said to be the point where St Brendan sailed from on his way to America. We will then arrive back in Dingle shortly after this and make our way back to Adare. Pictured below is Coumenoole Strand on the left, Reasc Christian Site in the centre and Ballydavid on the right.
Coumenoole Strand - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland Reasc Monastry - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland Ballydavid - The Adare and Dingle Tour of Ireland

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