It stormed all night. Heavy rains and wind. I am usually up at 6:30 but I stayed in bed until almost 9:00. Lazy bum, me. I had my usual breakfast – a microwaved poached egg, BBQ bacon & cheese on a thin bagel.
Quiet day. Elaine walked into town to the fish monger and bought monkfish for tonight’s dinner. She also bought some fresh local calamari.
Mid afternoon we went into town to scratch another of Dingle’s pubs off our list – the Adams Bar. I had a Guinness while Elaine had a Hophouse 13. Elaine walked home and I went to the Dingle Pub for a pint and met Kevin, a local retired coach driver.
The weather was generally cloudy but the sun shone through at times. Elaine took a nice picture of Dingle Bay in the sunshine on her walk.
I grilled the calamari on the BBQ for an appetizer. Quite good, served with just lemon.. The gas BBQ grill has been great for home cooked meals. (Thanks, Bob, for properly reassembling it – I’m still on the same tank of propane.) The monkfish was superb with a nice spring salad from the Farmer’s Market (which runs every Friday).
Life is good. Six more days in Dingle. Made reservations for tomorrow night at Land to Sea and for Monday night at Out of the Blue.
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At Adam’s Bar
Dingle History Factum
Little known Dingle was put on the tourist map in 1969 when MGM and director David Lean filmed Ryan’s Daughter here. It starred Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, John Mills, and Leo McKern. While it was not critically acclaimed, the film grossed $31 million. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and won two: John Mills for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Freddie Young for Best Cinematography. It is often described as the film that changed Ireland forever. The poster below is on a building in Main Street across from the Dingle Pub.
The other film most closely associated with Dingle is the Ron Howard directed Far and Away starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise when they were a couple. It is often cited as Cruise’s worst movie ever, and Rolling Stone rated it one of the worst movies of all time.
