Running in Dingle, Ireland

Never been there...but I bet Irishman "Stephen" from the Braveheart movie would know.

Never been there...but I bet Irishman "Stephen" from the Braveheart movie would know.

Never been there...but I bet Irishman "Stephen" from the Braveheart movie would know.

I've been there; it's one of the most beautiful places in Ireland. I didn't run when I was there because my hotel was in a different town, but there must be a lot of good places to run, because they have a marathon. It's a really cool little town; a lot of people still speak Gaelic. P.S. Take your rain gear...

Try some of the delicious berries while you're there

Head out from the center of town onto the Dingle Way -- run for miles along the harbor, then farmland, and more countryside. Beautiful, and likely very muddy!

Also just a short way out of town you'll find many rolling rural roads...be sure to wear some reflective gear if running at morning/night as there aren't shoulders! (I got stopped by a copper, who chided me for not wearing anything "hi-vis.")

I was there last September, the day after the marathon. I did a hilly, beautiful ten miler in Ventry. You really can't go wrong, as everywhere is so beautiful. I would recommend one of the side roads (they go on much longer than they look) as the main street is busy and people drive like lunatics.

Say "Hi" to Fungi the dolphin for me. The craic is mighty when he's in the pub.

Say hi to the sheep wrote:

Head out from the center of town onto the Dingle Way -- run for miles along the harbor, then farmland, and more countryside. Beautiful, and likely very muddy!

Also just a short way out of town you'll find many rolling rural roads...be sure to wear some reflective gear if running at morning/night as there aren't shoulders! (I got stopped by a copper, who chided me for not wearing anything "hi-vis.")

Amen, brother on the roads. And don't let you're dingle dangle.

Go to WK Fitness and meet Shane, Mark, and Chris. Shane is currently training for 24 marathons in 24 days-

https://www.24marathons24days.ie/

They're great guys, they'll tell you where to run

I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea

From the fishing boats at Dingle to the shores of Dunardee

I miss the river Shannon and the folks at Skibbereen

The moorlands and the midlands with their forty shades of green

But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town

And most of all I miss her lips as soft as eiderdown

Again I want to see and do the things we've done and seen

Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar and there's forty shades of green

Once agin LetsRun comes through. Thanks gang. Looking forward to some solid miles (or kilometers) over there.

I enjoyed many miles of runs on some dirt roads in the hills above town.