Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dingle

Dingle, seaport town and par., W. co. Kerry, on N. side of Dingle Bay, 27 miles SW. of Tralee ry. sta. and 30 miles W. of Killarney -- par., 9097 ac., pop. 3380; town, pop. 1833; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. It has an excellent harbour, and at one time carried on considerable shipping trade with Spain. A steamer plies weekly between Dingle and Cork. The fisheries are important.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Kerry IrlC
Place: Dingle

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