Highlights
- 6.5-hour tour from Killarney to the Dingle Peninsula and Slea Head
- Tour the beautiful Irish countryside
- See great views of the rugged Atlantic coastline
- Stand at Slea Head, the westernmost point in Europe
Useful Information
Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Slea Head is the most westerly point in Europe and standing there, looking towards America, instills a feeling of excitement and empathy with the millions of emigrants who took this route.
There are splendid views around Slea Head, especially of the Blasket Islands and the scattered rocks, all part of an exploded volcanic area.
In the storms of September 1588 four ships of the Spanish Armada were driven through the Blasket Sound. One, due to great seamanship, got into shelter, followed by a second. But a third came flying through the Sound with its sails in tatters and crashed onto the two other ships, which eventually got to back Spain.
The Great Blasket island, evacuated in the 1950's, produced a number of books in Irish - a best-seller, translated as 20 Years A Growing by Maurice O' Sullivan, and a masterpiece, The Island man by Thomas O'Crohan. In this century some 60 books, mostly in Irish, have been written in the immediate area.
This is also the countryside in which the David Lean film, Ryan's Daughter, was mainly made. The film Far and Away was also made here.
Reviewed by Eileen W, August 2012
Awesome! The driver/guide was informative, friendly and funny. It was a great trip.
Reviewed by Marie H, Ireland, May 2012
Very good guide. It was nice for my sister and I to visit Dingle from a tour perspective, although I'd not been to Gallarus before. The guide gave us some good facts, that were news to me. Would recommend.
