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| Dolphin
Wataching 11 miles.
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In 1984, a young bottle-nosed dolphin started
to appear at the mouth of Dingle Harbour.
The now world-famous dolphin has remained
in Dingle since, and has become both a friend
to the locals and a great "attraction"
for visitors. Christened "Fungi"
by the local fishermen, the male dolphin lives
and plays within a small area at the mouth
of Dingle Harbour, overlooked by the lighthouse.
A small cave under the cliffs at Burnham is
thought to be his home, and from dawn till
late night, Fungi is always around to welcome
boats, trawlers and yachts to the Town.
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| Tom
Crean's Famous Pub 1.5 miles
- Tom
Crean returned to Kerry in 1920. He
opened a pub called the South Pole Inn,
which is still open to this day. Among
the Irish explorers to venture to the
Antarctic are famous names such as Ernest
Shackleton and Tom Crean. There were
others as well who braved the extremes
of the Southern continent and became
members of the explorers clan. Here
we have compiled a brief summary of
the main Irish Antarctic explorers,
men who displayed great courage and
ability on expeditions. We begin with
the most well know - Ernest Shackleton.
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| Inch
Beach 4 miles.
- Famous
for being the place where an inch is
actually three miles long, the fantastic
beach at Inch has been chosen several
times as a film location. Hollywood
movies that are familiar household names
include "Ryan's Daughter"
and "Playboy of the Western World".
With continuous barrage of long rolling
waves that come crashing ashore, it
is easy to see why this dramatic setting
has been picked time and time again.
A popular attraction for bird-watchers
is the nature reserve behind the banks
of sand dunes on the strand. These wetlands
are important wintering grounds for
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| Walking
Tours 4 miles.
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Dingle Waymarked Walking route skirts
the mountains of the Slieve Mish range,
which form the spine of this 65km long
peninsula, jutting into the arms of
the Atlantic. The mountains are rounded,
not as high as their nearest neighbours
on the Iveragh peninsula and formed
from a beautiful old red sandstone,
that is always visible in the area.
Glaciation in the last Ice Age left
coums and valleys, the natural harbours
of Dingle and Ventry and a gentleness
that will not fail to impress a visitor.
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