Ireland Day 4 Dingle Peninsula

Location: Dingle Peninsula
B&B: Dunlavin House
Attractions: Cliffs of Mohr
Beer of Choice: Bulmers Cider & Carlsberg

We woke up in Galway after getting around 13 hours of sleep, ate a quick breakfast and packed up to head to the Cliffs of Mohr on our way to Dingle. It was a bit rainy when we got out of the car, so we checked out the welcome center for a bit. By the time we were ready to explore the cliffs, the weather cleared up. What a view! The beautiful foaming sea crashing into sheer cliffs, and on top, gorgeous farmland, home to some sheep and cattle. The trail was a bit muddy, so we really had to watch our step. We spent about 3 hours walking the cliffs and just trying to soak in the views. It was very peaceful, even with the thousands of tourists that were all crawling over each other on the trials.

To get across the bay to the Dingle Peninsula, we decided to take a ferry. Luckily, we pulled up right as the ferry was ready to take on passengers. We couldn’t have timed it more perfectly on purpose. We had planned to grab a sandwich while waiting for the ferry, so we ended up not eating lunch until around 3:30pm. We stopped at The Horseshoe for a couple of pints, a salad and wrap. When we continued our trip, we ended up traveling down some pretty sketchy roads. They were super narrow and very steep. Along the way, we needed a rest stop and randomly found a beautiful abandoned cobble stone bridge that used to carry trains. I took a picture of it and it turned out to be one of my favorite shots from the trip.

We finally arrived at our B&B at about 6:30pm. We walked into town with the sun setting in the harbor as a backdrop and decided to try Anchor Down as our dinner spot. Since we had just eaten a short time earlier, we shared the special- Turbot and Scallops, served with new potatoes and a salad.

After dinner we headed to O’Flaherty’s thinking there would be live music, but instead found the place nearly empty aside from a room in the back. When we asked if it was a private party, they said, jokingly, “No, go on in!” We hung out with these sheep farmers for a while and they would randomly break out into song. Pretty entertaining.

Then we found some real live music at Paudie’s. A great duo that sang all sorts of Irish tunes. The singer played guitar, and his sidekick played an arm pipe (like a bagpipe, but you inflate it with your arm), and some different flutes. They were very good and we sat and drank a number of pints as we enjoyed their music. In fact, we closed the bar down but we were NOT ready to end our evening so we sought out additional entertainment. We were lucky enough to find a place that had a bit more live music. Murphy’s was the pub, and we stayed there until they closed. We were feeling pretty good on our walk home so we decided to take some selfies with a large penguin statue in someones lawn. We were acting like kids and it couldn’t have felt better. There is no place I’d rather be then sharing laughs and great memories with my best friend and lover.