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Craft Studios in the Dingle Peninsula
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See where skilled local craftspeople create and develop their work. Visit their individual workshops or studios on the Dingle Peninsula and learn about their skills and creative processes. Gain insight into the making of crafts such as hand thrown contemporary pottery, finely crafted leather goods, hand woven textiles, hand-cut Irish crystal and intricate and innovative jewellery.
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Film Cinema animation on the Dingle Peninsula
"I have been to hundreds of film festivals all over the globe for what seem to be the last hundred years and in my opinion the Dingle Film Festival is the best among them all."
Jimmy T. Murakami (The Snowman, When The Wind Blows)
The Dingle Peninsula has a long association with film, cinema and the movie industry. Some of the greats of the film world have graced this part of the world with movies such as Ryan’s Daughter, Playboy of the Western World, Far and Away and Star Wars - The Last Jedi being filmed here.
The film industry famously set up camp in Dingle Town for a whole year in the late 60’s when the weather refused to cooperate for director David Lean and the whole cast and crew of Ryan's Daughter whiled away a winter waiting.
The Dingle Peninsula, with one independent cinema and a new generation of film makers in residence, has been home to an annual international film festival and an animation festival. Dingle Peninsula is also the venue for Fisín an innovative Irish film scriptwriting competition, whereby scripts in the Irish language are entered in a competition. The winner, who receives a cash prize and equipment use, is expected to return the following year with the finished film.
Dingle Film Festival
Established in 2007 The Dingle International Film Festival which took place annually in March has long been an established date on the film festival circuit. Dingle IFF actively promoted and platformed Irish film, Irish filmmakers and Irish animation, whilst also playing host to major industry players both from Ireland and abroad. Dingle Film Festival was home to the Gregory Peck Award For Excellence in the Art of Film, with recipients including Gabriel Byrne, Jim Sheridan, Jean Jacques Beineix, Stephen Frears, Laura Dern and The Peck Family. Guests to the festival have included: Maureen O Hara, Cillian Murphy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Scott Wilson; Sir Alan Parker, Garrett Brown, Tom Johnson, Barbara Kopple, Ned Dowd, Ben Wheatley, Pat Shortt, Sarah Miles and Saoirse Ronan.
The Phoenix Cinema
With a dramatic white and purple exterior and the look of a classical movie theatre, the Phoenix Cinema is one of Ireland’s only independent cinemas, and has remained largely unchanged throughout the years, retaining its original charm and character. The Phoenix which is the only cinema on the Dingle Peninsula has long been a popular destination both for locals and visitors. Privately owned and family run their Tuesday night ‘Art Film’ night is legendary when they serve tea and biscuits. The Phoenix plays a large role in the cultural calendar of the area with screenings, workshops and premieres as part of festivals and events.
Animation
Over the past twenty years, Ireland has gained a reputation as a world leader in the animation industry. The annual Animation Dingle Festival, brings together industry professionals and third level participants in one of Ireland’s major animation events.
The event is made up of conferences, screenings, workshops, and The Irish Animation Awards with a total of seventeen award categories, including Best Animation, Best Animation for Apps and Gaming and Best VFX in an Animated TV Series or Film.
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Dingle Cinema
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MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTRES on the Dingle Peninsula
As a small rural and peripheral destination it is no surprise that the Dingle Peninsula does not have many museums and art galleries typical of large international cities.What you will find instread is a thriving creative, cultural and historical life which exists and is honoured in a variety of smaller and more unusual spaces. Some would say the whole area is a museum and cultural centre.
Discover the ancient and modern history and geology of the Dingle Peninsula in the wonderful Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne in the village of Ballyferriter. Explore an island community’s struggle for existence, their language, culture, and extraordinary literary legacy at the Blasket Island Interpretive Centre in Dunquin which perches on the edge of the Atlantic. View the treasured 12 stained glass windows created by one of Ireland’s foremost stained glass artists ‘Harry Clarke’, in the convent chapel of An Díseart Institute in Dingle.
Artists and craftspeople exhibit their work in small workshops, galleries and studios around the Peninsula, often opening their home to the visitor. Follow our Arts and Crafts Trail on a guided route to discover these talented residents and their work. Cultural, artistic and historical events utilise all available spaces including bars, restaurants and the streets to create a lively series of exhibitions and things to do. History lectures take place in various venues or in the form of guided walks. You may find paintings above your head in a restaurant, live music in a bar or church or an impromptu performance on the street, all part of the Dingle Peninsula experience.
Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne -Dingle Peninsula Museum Ballyferriter
This much treasured local museum is situated in the old schoolhouse (built in 1875 - a monument in itself) in Baile an Fheirtéaraigh. Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne collects, safeguards, holds in trust, displays and interprets a variety of objects and data relating to the rich natural and cultural heritage of the Dingle Peninsula, and endeavours to educate, entertain and enlighten all visitors, from the local student to the scholar, as well as our many summer visitors, from home and abroad.
Visitors can learn about the geology, archaeology, heritage and history of the area. Some of the artefacts on display are on loan from the National Museum of Ireland and there is a small cafe and shop on site.
Blasket Island Centre - Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir
With stunning views of the wild Atlantic coast and islands at the halfway point of the Slea Head Drive, the Blasket Centre is a fascinating heritage and cultural centre/ museum, honouring the unique community who lived on the remote Blasket Islands until their evacuation in 1953.
The Blasket Centre tells the story of island life, subsistence fishing and farming, traditional life including modes of work and transport, home life, housing and entertainment. The Centre details the community’s struggle for existence, their language and culture, and the extraordinary literary legacy they left behind- classics such as The Islandman, Twenty Years A-Growing, and Peig. Their story is told using a variety of means – exhibitions, interactive displays, artefacts, audio visual presentations and artworks. Visible from the Centre is Great Blasket Island. Tours of the deserted village on the island are also available.
An Diseart - Harry Clarke Chapel Windows
An Díseart is a quirky and interesting building to visit in the centre of Dingle Town.The neo-gothic former Presentation Order convent, designed by JJ McCarthy, is home to a beautifully proportioned chapel with twelve lancet windows created in 1924 by renowned stained glass artist, Harry Clarke. The windows, along with the tranquil walled gardens, first laid out in 1849, have become a popular attraction for visitors in Dingle.The gardens are in three parts and include a community Tree of Life Garden to a plan by Mary Reynolds. The chapel, the Diseart building and the gardens are open to the public.
The Dingle Peninsula, a landscape that is truly magnificent, inspirational, spiritual and humbling. It is a place where the language and culture of coastal villages and townlands have been custodians of great heritage, literature and hospitality.
This is the landscape that inspired Film Directors David Lean, Ron Howard and Studio Giants - Disney Lucasfilm Ltd. to come and to capture this captivating place in all its glory.
Since the 1930’s, the Dingle Peninsula has hosted the filming of 5 major motion pictures: Star Wars - The Last Jedi, Song of the Sea - animated film, Far & Away, Ryan’s Daughter and Playboy of the Western World.
Follow our Dingle Peninsula Film Location trail to view some of the locations that were used in these movies.
Dingle Peninsula film location trail
1.Inch beach
Inch or Inse (Oileán Ínse - Island of Inch) is a spectacular stretch of golden beach stretching out into Dingle Bay. This sandspit of Inch beach, with dramatic dune system, was a film location for Ryan’s Daughter and Playboy of the Western World
2. Minard Castle
Minard Castle, a stronghold for the Knights of Kerry was attacked by the English Cromwellian army in 1650 and structurally damaged. The ruin is seen briefly in Ryan’s Daughter as the tower where the Major and Rose meet on horseback. Minard Castle is on private land with no access but is easily viewed from the road and small beach.
3. Ventry Beach
The Oscar nominated animated children’s film ‘Song of the Sea’ by Cartoon Saloon was inspired by Ventry Beach. Influenced by traditional folk tales the story tells of Ben and his little sister Saoirse – the last Seal-child – who embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea.
4. Beehive Huts at Fahan Ventry
Experience the character of real Beehive Huts as built by the monks on Skellig Michael. These drystone Beehive huts or clochauns/clocháns have been built over centuries, using the ancient method of corbelling. Courses of flat stone are laid so that each course projects inwards more than the one below. The sides curve into almost meet at the top and the roof is closed with a single slab. Skellig Michael can be seen from these locations - weather permitting.
5. Slea Head
From the tip of Slea Head there are fantastic views of the Blasket Islands and the craggy outcrop of Dunmore Head on the mainland - Ryan’s Daughter and Star Wars film locations. Dunmore Head’s craggy coastline made an ideal place to hide Luke Skywalker’s X-wing featured in Star Wars and for the green milk scene on Ahch-To.
6. Coumeenole Beach
The dramatic beach of Coumeenole, a very popular stop on the Slea Head drive was the location for the Ryan's Daughter scene with the villagers loading arms. A Commemoration Stone for Ryan’s Daughter was erected beside the car park overlooking the beach in 1999 on the 30th anniversary of filming.
7. Dún Chaoin
The parish of Dún Chaoin as featured as the locations for Ryan’s Daughter - the schoolhouse and the barracks. The schoolhouse is very close to the The Great Blasket Centre and if you park there, a narrow pathway leads from below the centre along the cliff leading out to the house.
8. Clogher Head
The bus stop scene in Ryan’s Daughter was filmed here and the village in Far and Away starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman was constructed nearby. This is a great viewing point for the headland of Ceann Sibéal, film location for Star Wars - The Last Jedi.
9.Baile an Fheirtéaraigh
Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter) Village - ‘The home of Star Wars’. This village overlooking Ceann Sibéal was a centre for the cast and crew during the making of StarWars - The Last Jedi. The most popular was Peter Mayhew who, after the filming, showed up at the local school in full Wookie costume.
10. Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne
Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne - Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter). The nine feet high fibre glass cross slab that marked the bus stop in Ryan’s Daughter stands outside the museum. There is a display panel about the movie inside this interesting local museum.
Ceann Sibéal
This is the Star Wars Episode VIII location of the old Jedi temple where Luke begins Rey's training in the ways of the force. A collection of beehive-shaped huts was built to reproduce the beehive huts of Skellig Micheal. The rugged coastline and dramatic scenery set the scene as ocean world Ahch-To. The set was removed completely after filming and the site is on private farmland. You can get spectacular views of this location from viewing points on the Slea Head Drive and from nearby walking trails.
Map of Film Location sites on the Dingle Peninsula
The key Film Location sites on the Dingle Peninsula are numbered and can be followed as a trail or visited individually.
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1. Inch Beach
Film location for Ryan’s Daughter and Playboy of the Western World
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2. Minard Castle
Film location for Ryan’s Daughter
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3. Ventry Beach
The Oscar nominated animated children’s film ‘Song of the Sea’ was inspired by Ventry Beach
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4. Fahan Beehive Huts
View of Skelligs and Beehive Huts
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5. Slea Head
Vistas of the Blasket Islands and Dunmore Head - Ryan’s Daughter and Star Wars film locations.
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6. Coumeenole Beach
Film location for Ryan’s Daughter and commemoration stone
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7. Dún Chaoin
Ryan's Daughter film location - School house
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8. Clogher Head
Ryan’s Daughter, Far and Away viewing point for Ceann Sibéal, location of the filming of Star Wars - The Last Jedi
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9. Ballyferriter
Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter) Village - ‘The home of Star Wars’.
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10. Múseam Chorca Dhuibhne
Bus stop used for Ryan’s Daughter stands outside the museum
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