Dear Luke and Leia,
We are visiting the Dingle Peninsula, to see the beautiful cliffs and beehive huts on Slea Head Drive and to find us an Irish pub or two for a bite to eat. Well, the last one should be easy since – being in Ireland – all the pubs are Irish.
The first thing I realized was the coastline was amazing.
Beautiful but rugged coast of the Dingle Peninsula
Prehistoric beehive huts
The huts along the Slea Head Drive date to the 12th century. The invading Normans forced the Irish off the good land and out to the Dingle Peninsula.
Those beehive huts are larger inside than they look.
These walls have been standing since the beehive huts were built.
Bunnies, sheep and angry birds
Sheep in Ireland for the famous Irish Sweaters
The spray paint on the sheep is a branding code. It shows who its owner is.
Seagulls along the rugged Dingle coastline
Angry birds, Irish style
Rugged coastline of Dingle Peninsula
The movie Far and Away was filmed at this location
Pub Stop – An Bothar Pub
There aren’t many places to eat along Slea Head Drive. The area is Gaelic-speaking, and the radio in the pub is set to a Gaelic station. Even in August the weather can be dismal, and we enjoyed warming up in this pub. “It only rains twice a week in Ireland,” a local told us. “Once for four days and once for three.”
An Bothar Pub on the Dingle Peninsula
There’s nothing quite like a pint of Smithwick’s to warm a girl up.
Wikipedia says Dingle is the only town on the peninsula, but that’s not strictly true. We stayed at a B&B in Ventry, which is a little hamlet that’s even further out on the peninsula than Dingle Town is. Most of the residents have lived there all their lives.
The Dingle Pub
Entertainment at the Dingle Pub
Dessert at the Dingle Pub
We left the best photo for last so you guys can see the great food you’ll get to taste some day. I wish you guys knew how much we both miss you two.
Love,
Nana and Pap
♥
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