Dunquin

Dunquin ( Irish: Dún Chaoin ) is a small village with 159 inhabitants ( as of 2006) in the far west of Ireland. Dunquin is located in County Kerry on the west tip of the Dingle Peninsula, halfway along Slea Head Drive. The place is, apart from some smaller islands, the westernmost town in the British Isles. In Dunquin is also the westernmost pub in Europe.

Actually, " Dun Quin " the Irish name Dún, also Anglicized Doon, meaning " fixing " going on here back on a outgoing, bronze or iron age conditioning of dry masonry. Dunquin is situated in a Gaeltacht region.

Famous people

Dunquin is famous as the birthplace of Irish-speaking author Peig Sayers. From Dunquin one has a breathtaking view of the Blasket Islands; Peig Sayers married on the Great Blasket Iceland and wrote the book "An old woman's reflections". Your tomb is to be found in the cemetery, which lies on the road from Dunmore Head out after Dunquin.

Other famous residents counted Tomás Ó Criomhthain, who was born in 1856 on the Great Blasket and there died in 1937. He wrote in 1926 the book "An tÓileanach " (The Islandman - Boats depart not from ), published in Dublin in 1937. In it, he describes autobiographical in Gaelic the arduous life of the islanders. The book was later translated by Robin Flower, one of his confidants, into English. The most striking sentence appears in the epilogue: " ... for the like of us will never be again" ( people like us, it will never be again). His grave can be found in the cemetery below the small church in Dunquin.

Transport links

Dunquin lies at Slea Head Drive, a scenic road in the west of Dingle. On some days during the week the place is served by a bus line that provides connections to Dingle Town and in neighboring villages.

Attractions

From Dunquin, is a ferry to the Blasket Islands, which were inhabited until the 1950s. A museum in the village, the Blasket Heritage Centre tells the story of these islands as well as the Irish writers who have described the hard life of the islanders. Also worth seeing is the school house, which for the film Ryan's Daughter ( original title Ryan 's Daughter ) was built; David Lean filmed the movie in 1969 The actual school building is a very small house and has only two classrooms. ; the language is Irish.