Ballintaggart House Dingle

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Ballintaggart House
Racecourse Road
Dingle
Co. Kerry
Eire

Tel: 00 353 66 9151454
Fax: 00 353 66 9152207 (from UK)

All types of units accepted. Open May to September.

Directions: The site is just off the N86 Tralee-Dingle Road, 1 mile east of Dingle. The entrance is on the right when travelling towards Dingle.

This site is set within the grounds of a 300-year-old manor house that is now an independent hostel. It's a small site with good facilities and great views over Dingle Bay. The site has a slight slope and there are plenty of electric hook-ups.

Facilities include free hot showers in a well-maintained toilet block, a camper's kitchen and pot washing area. In common with most campsites based at hostels, campers are free to use the common facilities in the hostel, including a TV lounge. This also extends to the courtesy bus, which shuttles between the hostel and Dingle village all day and even does a pick up after closing time! Now that's a service more sites should provide in my opinion.

The site is within walking distance of the village, and you can walk along a coastal path almost all the way. It's not too well signposted though, so ask at the hostel for directions. This is a really scenic route, much better than going by the road, and if you're lucky you will see Fungi the dolphin performing his tricks in the bay. Fungi is a wild dolphin that has made Dingle Bay his (or her?) home for many years and there is a brisk tourist trade in boats that go out to see him. Fungi seems to love the attention, leaping out of the water over and over again, and the boats certainly don't seem to bother him.

Dingle is a bustling village with many shops and bars and places to eat. It is rather touristy; although of course we were tourists so shouldn't be complaining. Despite this the town retains a lot of real character. One famous bar is Dick Mack's - the frontage appears in books and on postcards. It was heaving when we went in, but we still managed to get served quickly - one of the amazing things about Irish bars is the speed you get served at when it's 6-deep at the bar! It's definitely a place for live music, with sessions held in many bars on almost every night in the summer.

The whole Dingle peninsula can be explored from here, and it's just as beautiful as the Iveragh peninsula (Ring of Kerry) without quite as many coaches to contend with.

Janette Lee.

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