I once met an elfish, black-clad old man in the little town of Ventry, on Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula ... I asked him if he had lived here all his life. He answered, “Not yet.” ...

The Blasket Islands, an uninhabited archipelago of islands known for its stunning landscapes and abundant wildlife, lie off the Dingle Peninsula’s west coast. Linda and Ken spotted basking ...

The Dingle Peninsula, green, rugged and untouched ... one of more than 2,000 stony pieces in the puzzle of prehistoric life here. Near the red, two-room schoolhouse, a street sign warns ...

Go slow and use the Kerry clock 09.00: Dingle, Europe's most westerly town, is a beguiling, brightly coloured place that runs on "Kerry time". So the pace of life is calm and unhurried ...