Dingle Days 2025 #2
Blennerville Windmill, Tralee Bay Wetlands (including Lakeside Café), Castlegregory, a foggy Conor Pass and dinner at Dingle’s Half Door.
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| Sweet finalé at Dingle's Half Door |
An excellent dinner at the O’Connor family restaurant, The Half Door (next door to the long-established Doyle’s), brought a “busy” second day in
Blas na hÉireann Finalists 2025 Announced.
Forty Cork producers in the mix at Dingle in October.
Dingle Days 2025. #1/3
Rí Fern at Louis Mulcahy’s, Clocher “Climb” and Dunquin Pier, Dick Mack's and the fabulous Fish Factory
Dingle Never Disappoints
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| Prawn Curry at Fish Factory |
A superb meal at the new restaurant, The Fish Factory, by Nicky and Ann Foley (already well known for Solas in the town), was the highlight of a "busy" first
Spotlight on Bia Beirut at Mahon Point Farmers Market, also Ballintubber Farm, Gubbeen and
Don’t know your freekeh from your
Collecting Sardines at George's Quay, Cork (1950s)
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| Both well dressed! Illustration AI generated. |
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| No sardines today (July 2025) |
Recently, while walking back from lunch at Izz Café, with our Basbouseh dessert safely boxed, we paused at the quay wall just opposite. Here, the steps that run down to the water revived memories for CL. Back in the 50s, she would be sent down from a nearby street on a special errand. At a specific time, a small boat would pull in, its floor covered in sardines. She paid a few pence, maybe a "tanner" (6 pence). The man wrapped the tasty little fishes in newspaper, and she made her way home to her Nana (a sardine lover, "bones and all").
press release
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Grilled Castletownbere cod, new season heirloom tomatoes, pomme paillasson, vadouvan spiced lobster sauce. |
Award winning East Cork eatery plans to open five days a week due to demand.
Look out too for new
"The Food Club", the café at Fota House
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| Reuben |
media release
THE METROPOLE HOTEL UNVEILS MAJOR REFURBISHMENT OF GROUND FLOOR AND BALLROOMS
The Metropole Hotel has officially unveiled a major r
media release
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| Fashion guru, fashion editor and stylist, Mandy Maher, photographed on the right with media personality, Noel Cunningham and celebrity stylist to the stars, Marietta Doran, at the announcement. Conor Healy / Picture It Photography |
Fashion, Fine Dining, and Iconic Style: Unmissable Fashion Show Returns to Newbridge Silverware this September
One of Ireland’s most anticipated fashion events returns this
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Best of Both Worlds
Fitzpatrick Hotel Collection Launches a
Visiting West Cork's renowned highlights?
Schull's Harbour Hotel is a superb, comfortable, and central base.
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| Outstanding chocolate dessert at Schull Harbour Hotel |
Schull Harbour Hotel, superbly located right in the
A Walk on the spectacular Sheep's Head.
Lunch in Arundel's By The Pier.
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| Looking down from Seefin (where there is parking available), towards Kilcrohane village, with Dunmanus Bay beyond. |
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| Easy does it! |
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| This Peakeen #57 was one of a few way-markers we passed on our short Seefin walk, a part of a much longer trek. There are many walking choices in this beautiful part of Ireland. That's Dunmanus Bay in the background. |
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| Arundel's By The Pier. By the way, it is a very short distance from the pier. If you are coming from the pier, they have parking on your right (before you pass the pub). Take a break here, either before or after your Sheep's Head "stroll". By the way, a nearby pub, the Tin Pub, is equally popular if the number of cars parked outside each is a guide. |
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| This hake and chips was excellent, after a long wait. Had been expecting to see more fresh fish on the Arundel's menu. They did have smoked salmon and two variations of mussel dishes, no other fish. There is a green grassy area with a few tables (same type as in the pic above) across the road, but in answer to a few queries from incoming customers, they said they couldn't serve people there. We walked over after lunch and found just one other couple there, and they were more intent on sunbathing. |
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| The pier by Arundel's |
