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New Year's Eve in DingleDingle Business Chamber host a thrilling display of Fireworks at the Marina every New Year's Eve followed by a street festival with the Dingle Fife & Drum Band and a live digital countdown at the Mall Bridge at midnight WINTER SOLSTICE: DINGLEWinter Solstice, Dingle, Ireland. Filmed by Ciara McKenna.
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The Dingle NewsSaturday, 04 February 2012
 21 December 2011Winter solstice reveals secrets of the past in Lispole
The winter solstice holds particular significance on the Dingle Peninsula due to the effect the sun has on a stone alignment in Ardmore, Lispole. The standing stones, which are believed to date to the Bronze Age, pick out a point on the horizon where the sun sets during the winter solstice. It is believed that these standing stones were of ceremonial and ritual use in pin-pointing the change of the seasons – crucial in an ancient agricultural society. The stone alignment in Ardmore, Lispole (a couple of miles east of Dingle town) picks up the line of the setting sun as it sets at its furthermost point in the south-west. The event is also known as ‘Grianstad’ as Gaeilge. This event is believed to be over 3,500 years old however weather will dictate whether or not the event will be visible today. This year, Feile Lios Poil are organising an event to mark the Grianstad in Ardmore; a bus will leave Bluirni Blasta at 3pm on December 21st, travelling up the mountain to the site where stewards will guide the way to the stones. Information on the archaeology of the site will also be given on the day and transport will also be provided back to Bluirni Blasta where a mulled wine reception will take place. Tickets are 10euro and can be purchased on the day at Bluirni Blasta; spaces are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Pictured: the stone alignment at Ardmore, Lispole – pic courtesy of Shane O’Rourke. If you would like to view a short film on the event made in 2009 by Ciara McKenna, click HERE. 20 December 2011More than half of Dingle's residential properties are unoccupied - claim
More than 50% of residential properties in Dingle are unoccupied it was claimed at a meeting in Kerry County Council last Monday. The information came to light at a meeting to de-zone 261 acres, including 144 acres in and around Dingle town. According to Department of Environment statistics, Kerry councillors zoned enough land for 61,269 housing units — about six times more than what was needed for its anticipated population. A draft functional area plan was proposed at the meeting for Dingle and the Gaeltacht areas west of town. Another statistic which arose at the meeting was that 18% of all private dwellings in Dingle were built after 2001. Read Donal Hickey’s report on the issue in Tuesday’s Irish Examiner. Pictured: a ‘ghost estate’ just off Dingle’s Spa Road (pic courtesy of The Kerryman). 15 December 2011Ciarán gift of €15,000 reveals true Green and Gold generosity in Dingle
AN INCREDIBLY genuine and generous gesture was made by members of Dingle’s Green and Gold Wren last Friday night as they presented representatives of the Dingle Coast and Cliff Rescue Team with a cheque for €15,000. 09 December 2011Other Voices streamed live to audience of 60 million worldwide[1].jpg)
By Marian O’Flaherty 23 November 2011Win a pair of tickets to attend Other Voices X!
DingleNews.com is delighted to be able to offer you guys the chance to win a pair of tickets to attend Other Voices in St. James' Church Dingle on Thursday December 1st
20 November 2011Dáithí and Rita reveal details of their Big Day!
Dáithí Ó Sé and his beautiful fiancée Rita Talty have announced the date of their wedding which is set to take place in Dingle and Tralee in 2012
17 November 2011More acts confirmed for Other Voices X
Other Voices have announced a number of acts that will be performing at the tenth outing in Dingle, this coming December
16 November 2011First set of confirmed acts announced for Other Voices X
The first set of confirmed acts have been announced for Other Voices X which takes place in Dingle from December 1 to 4.
15 November 2011Want tickets for Other Voices X in Dingle? Here's how....
Want tickets for Other Voices X in Dingle? Here's how....
11 November 2011New presenter, new ticket system and new festival hearlds the return of Other Voices to Dingle.jpg)
Other Voices returns to St. James Church in Dingle this December with a new presenter and a new ticket system and a new festival
08 November 2011Féile Bheag Filíochta i mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh
Tionólfar an 5ú Féile Bheag Filíochta i mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh ar 11,12,13 Mí na Samhna
07 November 2011White lobster discovered off Blasket Islands.jpg)
A rare white lobster turned up in the pot of a local fisherman last week
06 November 2011Sessions from the Dingle Record Shop
The Dingle Record Shop have released their latest podcast in the 'Sessions from the Shop' series
05 November 2011Tuairsc na Seachtaine ó Rugbaí Chorca Dhuibhne
D’fhill na Sinsir ar an imirt bhuacach an deireadh seachtaine seo nuair a chasadar le Cumann Rugbaí Bheanntraí aige baile
05 November 2011Louis Mulcahy annual sale now underway
Louis Mulcahy Pottery’s annual sale is currently underway at his Clothar workshop 10 miles west of Dingle
03 November 2011Fearaibh FionnTrá premieres in Dingle.jpg)
A much anticipated premiere took place at the Phoenix Cinema, Dingle last Thursday with the inaugural screening of Fearaibh Fionntrá, a documentary which focuses on the men of Ventry village
02 November 2011Dingle's Other Voices takes New York City by storm
Dingle came to prominence in New York last Thursday and Friday night as Other Voices took centre stage at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleaker Street
29 October 2011Dingle's Fr. Tommy laid to rest in India
A sense of sadness was palpable in West Kerry last week as word filtered through that Fr. Tommy Lynch had passed away in India
29 October 2011West Kerry bids a sad farewell to 'Bawney'
Camp, Annascaul and the entire West Kerry community was united in solemn grief on Saturday as Brendan O'Driscoll (28), one of Kerry's most exemplary young sportsmen, was laid to rest in Camp Cemetery on Saturday October 29th
24 October 2011Dingle's Other Voices to be staged in New York City this week
Dingle's Other Voices is set to go trans-Atlantic this week as Other Voices NYC is hosted at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleaker Street this Thursday and Friday
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