English-speaking world

25 October 2014

SLEA HEAD

 The Dingle Peninsula, stretching westwards for 30 miles from the low-lying country near Tralee, is the most northerly of the hilly promontories of County Kerry. It offers some of Ireland’s most beautiful scenery. Some parts of the peninsula – especially the more remote areas – are still Gaelic speaking, so many road signs are written only in Irish.


SLEA HEAD, DINGLE, CO. KERRY
 
At Slea Head the visitor reaches one of the cornerstones of the Dingle Peninsula. Off the shore are the group of seven islands and numerous rocks known as the Blaskets. The Great Blasket is the largest and the old village settlement was at the northeast end of the island. The inhabitants were moved to the mainland in 1953. Many of the islanders were adept at recounting folk-tales, and Blasket islanders have produced such well-known books as 'Twenty Years A-growing' (M. O'Sullivan) and 'The Islander' (T. Ó Crohan).

4 comments:

  1. Pięknie się prezentuje na Twoim blogu. Dziękuję za zamieszczenie :)

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  2. Irlandia to musi być piękny kraj, mnie zachwycił podczas oglądania filmu "PS Kocham cię".

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  3. Ale nieziemski widok! Nie mogę oglądać TAKICH pocztówek, bo tylko bym się spakowała i jechała w te miejsca :P

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  4. Mieszkałam ponad 3 lata w Irlandii, byłam w Dingle. Jest tam bardzo ładna trasa, która można objechać całe Slea Head. Dodatkowo w porcie w mieście Dingle mieszka delfin Fungi i są organizowane specjalnie wycieczki łódką, delfin płynie zawsze gdzies obok.

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