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David Lean's 1970 film Ryan's Daughter takes place at a village on the Dingle Peninsula in the immediate aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising, and was partly shot on location near Dún Chaoin, Coumeenole Beach, Slea Head and Inch Strand. [11] Far and Away, a 1992 film directed by Ron Howard, was partly filmed on the peninsula. [12]
Inch (Irish: Inse, meaning 'river meadow') [1] is a small coastal settlement and townland on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Inch Strand, in Inch townland, [2] is on a long sand spit and dune system which reaches into Dingle Bay. [3] The R561 regional road passes through the area. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area ...
Rossbeigh, along with the further inshore Cromane strand in the Castlemaine Harbour, and Inch Strand off the Dingle Peninsula (an equally long spit with an equally complex and unstable sand dune systems), is one of three sandspits acting as natural barriers against the Atlantic Ocean for Dingle Bay, [7] which is relatively narrow and subject to strong wave forces and deposition of sediment.
On and around the Dingle Peninsula: Blasket Islands special area of conservation; An Abha Mhór river valley and the Conor Pass; Mount Brandon nature reserve, on the slopes of Más an Tiompáin; Inch dunes; Kerry Head shoals; Off the Iveragh Peninsula: Skellig Islands, including the World Heritage Site of Skellig Michael; Puffin Island ...
View of Dingle Bay. The bay runs approximately 40 km (25 mi) from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide at the head, and 20 km (12 mi) wide at the entrance. It is flanked on the north by the Dingle Peninsula, and on the south by the Iveragh Peninsula. The River Maine enters the bay at its head.
English: Clogher Beach, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland near Ballyferriter. Date: 24 August 1981: ... The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file ...
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Ventry (from Irish Fionntrá, meaning 'white beach'), [1] officially Ceann Trá, [2] is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Dingle Peninsula, 7 kilometres west of Dingle. Due to its long sandy beach, Ventry is a tourist destination.