Dingle

Today was a free day in Dingle. It's a peaceful town with lots of colorful buildings and interesting pubs. The courthouse (1832) is open one hour a month and the judge does his best to wrap up business within a half hour.

 

 

 

 

 

Like many Irish pubs, two traditional ones in town were originally shops by day and pubs by night. Decades ago, small-town pubs often also served as the town morgue (because they had the only large refrigerated space in town). Ó Curráin’s is a small clothing shop by day, the left side is clothing ...

 

 

... and the right side is drink.

 

 

Foxy John's, just across the street, is a hardware shop by day and a pub at night.

 

 

 

This is the back room.

 

 

And a brief article about the pub.

 

 

This is the music shop in town. It is owned by our guide and his father.

 

 

St. Joseph’s Convent in Dingle contains a beautiful Neo-Gothic chapel built in 1884. In 1922 the chapel acquired 12 Art Nouveau-style stained glass windows—the work of Ireland’s top stained-glass man, Harry Clark.

 

 

They are filled with tons of beautiful patterns. Below are some examples.

 

 

 

This is the altar area.

 

 

 

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