IRELAND: Oakland resident Linda Sol and her husband, Ken Hall, visited Ireland on a recent Rick Steves tour that included a stop in Dingle (pictured), where they signed up for “a wonderful boat ...

The Green and Gold Wren cross paths with the Goat Street Wren (wearing red and white) on Goat Street in Dingle, Ireland, during Wren's Day celebrations on Dec. 26, 2024.

I once met an elfish, black-clad old man in the little town of Ventry, on Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula. When I asked if he was born here, he paused, breathed deeply, and said, “No, ’twas about ...

The Dingle Peninsula gives the traveler Ireland in the extreme. It feels so traditionally Irish because it’s part of a Gaeltacht, a region where the government subsidizes the survival of the ...

Be forewarned, Ireland is seductive. Traditions are strong and stress is a foreign word. I fell in love with the friendliest land this side of Sicily. It all happened in a Gaeltacht. Gaeltachts ...

DINGLE PENINSULA, Ireland — Along the Atlantic in the southwest of Ireland, views of a craggy coast, sheep-filled fields, and mysterious stone outcroppings make for a compelli ...

Joseph starts his Ireland adventure in the town of Shannon and then heads southwest to the Dingle Peninsula. While on the Peninsula he uncovers a few important Irish secrets like how to draw a ...

In Ireland, you drive on the left. ... spilling out into the rugged Dingle Peninsula. My Irish dreams have long been set in this lush spot, and I recently went back for a long-overdue visit.

While only tiny villages lie west of Dingle Town, the peninsula is home to 500,000 sheep. The weather on this distant tip of Ireland is often misty, foggy, and rainy.

A blustery breeze buffets the terrace of what is undoubtedly the westernmost cafe in Ireland, in all of Europe, really, presuming you don't count Iceland. Which I don't. Atlantic Ocean waves are ...