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I was in Dingle. They're more interested in sheep dog herding competitions there.
Breakfast Diva recently put me on to the book An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor, the true story of an Irishman from the Dingle Peninsula who was on three amazing British expeditions to Antarctica in the early 1900's, so I paid a visit to the pub Crean ran after his retirement from exploring.
I visited a few other pubs, also ;-).

I was in Dingle. They're more interested in sheep dog herding competitions there.
I visited a few other pubs, also ;-)

I loved the Dingle peninsula, so beautiful - we traveled that instead of the Ring of Kerry. It was challenging to switch to the Gaelic road signs.
The pubs there, and on the west coast (Doolin, in particular) were wonderful - the living rooms of the Irish!
We are hoping to go back next year - if you have recommendations on places to stay, I would love to hear them.
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if you have recommendations on places to stay, I would love to hear them.

4 years ago when we spent 4 nights in Dingle we stayed at Lantern B-B on Dingle's Main Street. It was nice, and she (the owner) was nice, but she only serves an extended continental breakfast, and I'm a "full Irish breakfast" guy, so this time I booked us for 3 nights at Benners Hotel, right across Main Street from the Lantern, and we loved it.
Very friendly staff, great rooms full of EXPENSIVE antiques, great bar and restaurant, and the full breakfast. They'll cook all you want of eggs any style, great Belgian waffles, and lots more. They also did my laundry for just $15, which was much appreciated after 10 days of washing things in lavatories and dripping them dry over the tub. Also, the hotel has a large, free car park!
We walked across Main Street one night to attend the traditional Irish music concert in the old church, and it's just a block down Main Street to the two best live music pubs in town, An Droichead Beag and The Courthouse.
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4 years ago when we spent 4 nights in Dingle we stayed at Lantern B-B on Dingle's Main Street. It was nice, and she (the owner) was nice, but she only serves an extended continental breakfast, and I'm a "full Irish breakfast" guy, so this time I booked us for 3 nights at Benners Hotel, right across Main Street from the Lantern, and we loved it.

I think Benners is where we stayed about 15 years ago - it was great to be able to walk to all the music joints, and to have parking. I think we were only there one or two nights, though. Glad you had a good time!