DingleDingle sits at the end of its own peninsula, boats in the middle of it and the road west to Slea Head.
Monastic site
Gallarus Oratory
Ballyferriter, County Kerry
The dry stone chapel near Ballyferriter was built in the shape of an upturned boat, out on the Dingle peninsula.
- Where
- Ballyferriter, County Kerry
- Address
- Gallarus, Ballydavid
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
DingleDingle sits at the end of its own peninsula, boats in the middle of it and the road west to Slea Head.
The Blasket CentreThe museum at Dunquin is about the people who lived on the Great Blasket, and the island itself is framed in a window at the end of it.
Dunquin PierThe path zig-zags down the cliff to a small pier, and the ferry to the Blaskets goes from it.
Slea HeadOut at the western tip of the Dingle peninsula, with the Blasket Islands sitting in front of you.
Castlegregory BeachA long strand on the north side of the Dingle peninsula, dunes behind it and Brandon Bay beyond.
WatervilleThe village sits on a strip of land between the sea and Lough Currane, on the western side of the Ring.What’s on nearby
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