Dingle Way - day 3, Annascaul to Dingle

We left Annascaul with several other hikers including the British Columbian girls and the Netherlands couple. We met two other couples from Seattle and a marathon runner from New York. Leaving at the same time as others provides for more socialization along the way including an extended lunch break. We walked 14.5 miles before arriving at Dingle. Because we are spending an extra night in Dingle, we probably won't see any of these people again.

Today's walk was gorgeous. The sun was shining, the countryside was spectacular, and the walk was pretty easy. Over half of it was in country roads and the rest through pastures, but very little in rocks and mud. The countryside with is green patchwork of pastures and views of the ocean were incredible. We couldn't get enough of them and the pictures we have do not do them justice! It was sunny enough that Jeff applied sunscreen multiple times.

Arriving in Dingle we were surrounded by bars. Dingle is an old fishing town made popular by the filming of Ryan's Daughter and is now a touristic stop on the Dingle Peninsula Loop. We chose to have a beer at Flaherty's Bar. After dinner we went to Neligan's where they had Irish step dancing going on (recommended by our BnB host), and then to Dingle Pub where they had live music.

Dingle is considered "real Irish" because they proudly speak Gaelic. All of the signage is in Gaelic and some in gaelic only. While most everyone speaks English as well, those who are strong gaelic speakers are harder to understand.Read more