The Most Famous Peninsulas of Ireland

The Most Famous Peninsulas of Ireland

Located found County Down, the Ards Peninsula causes a lovely vista with Strangford Lough shaping an almost semi-circular peninsula looking out in the Irish Sea. It is without doubt most unusual shaped peninsula on the island of Ireland, majority of who are far more sharply fjord-like defined. The Ards Peninsula is nicely populated with hectic town of Newtownards for the north of it being the biggest settlement. Portaferry is a beautiful village to the south where there is an automobile ferry to enable you cross on the County Down mainland. Another very attractive village located there's Portavogie and the peninsula is a good base for sea fishing within the Irish Sea and the Strangford Lough itself. Newtownards has a wide variety of accommodation whilst more south hotel accommodation is lacking but much more than compensated by many B&Bs and guesthouse that provide a warm welcome and also supply the person. Sights to see include Grey Abbey, which is the ruins of an old Cistercian Monastery, and Mount Stewart, which is an 18th century mansion as well as gardens open to the general public in the summer time.

Dingle Peninsula

The most famous and frequented peninsula in Ireland, the Dingle Peninsula is found in the heartland of tourist in Ireland, County Kerry. There so many attractions on this stretch of coastline which they merit a book in its very own right. Foremost is the gorgeous town of Dingle, a town of about 2,000 folks which swells to aproximatelly two million, it appears, in the summer months. The town offers lots of attractions and is a wonderful foundation for exploration of the overall Kerry area. Lively bars, a welter of accommodation from hostels to the five star Dingle Skelligs Hotel, a vast range of restaurants to rival Kinsale in neighbouring Cork as gourmet capital of Ireland make Dingle a compulsory stop on any vacation in the area.

Among the driving plays up of the Dingle Peninsula is negotiating the Conor Pass, probably the highest mountain pass of Ireland, throughout the upper part of Mount Brandon at nearly 1,000 metres. On an effective ay the views are stunning although days which are good are difficult to occur by as fog at the peak is a frequent occurrence. Off the coast fabrication the Blasket Islands (see our Islands of Ireland section). The Dingle Peninsula is perfect for walking, hiking, climbing, fishing, golfing, sailing - you name it and it is going to be in all probability in existence on the Dingle Peninsula.



You will find really quaint character villages on the Dingle Peninsula. Ventry will be the house of popular footballer Paidi O'Se whose Ventry Inn pub is essential see. Inch, having its vast strand, was the place of the movie Ryan's Daughter, whilst Annascaul, Ballydavid and Ballyferriter extend amazing vistas and common pubs and shops from a bygone era. One of the superb drives in Ireland, the Dingle Peninsula will leave you with one desire - to get back.
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