Dingle
Dingle (Irish: An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis, meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Killarney. Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing and agriculture: Dingle Mart (livestock market) serves the surrounding countryside.
Dingle
Daingean Uí Chúis | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Strand Street, Dingle | |
Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52.13991°N 10.2715°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population (2022) | 1,671 |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q445011 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 4,538 | — |
| 1831 | 4,327 | −4.6% |
| 1841 | 3,386 | −21.7% |
| 1851 | 3,273 | −3.3% |
| 1861 | 2,260 | −31.0% |
| 1871 | 2,117 | −6.3% |
| 1881 | 1,833 | −13.4% |
| 1891 | 1,764 | −3.8% |
| 1901 | 1,786 | +1.2% |
| 1911 | 1,884 | +5.5% |
| 1926 | 1,998 | +6.1% |
| 1936 | 1,800 | −9.9% |
| 1946 | 1,683 | −6.5% |
| 1951 | 1,545 | −8.2% |
| 1956 | 1,453 | −6.0% |
| 1961 | 1,460 | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,406 | −3.7% |
| 1971 | 1,401 | −0.4% |
| 1981 | 1,358 | −3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,253 | −7.7% |
| 1991 | 1,272 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1,536 | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 1,828 | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 1,920 | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,965 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 2,050 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 1,671 | −18.5% |
In 2022, Dingle had a population of 1,671, a decrease from the 2016 census, and the oldest average age for a town in Ireland (44.4 years). Situated in a Gaeltacht region, 13.7% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis in 2016. An adult Bottlenose dolphin named Fungie had been courting human contact in Dingle Bay since 1983 but disappeared in 2020.