Info - Dingle Food Festival

Car Parking

As well as the usual parking in the town additional car parking is available at the following locations: Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Udaras na Gaeltachta Building at Milltown, Harbour Car Park & Dingle Distillery Building at Ballyhea. This year there is a shuttle bus service.

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Greening the Festival

This year we are delighted to announce that Transition Corca Dhuibhne are launching the Festival Pack, with all you need to sample the delights of the Dingle Food Festival. Your pack will include a plate, bowl, cup and cutlery made from durable and reusable eco-friendly bamboo in an organic cotton carry bag. In an effort to reduce the plastic waste generated at the festival, Transition Corca Dhuibhne are pioneering this re-usable pack with funding from Kerry County Council. You can use the tableware at any of the food outlets and rinse stations are situated around the town for you to clean your dishes between tastings. This limited edition pack is available for just €10 at the festival office when you collect your book of tickets. If you don't manage to get one, why not bring your own tableware to use at the festival? To further reduce our plastic waste, many vendors are using compostable containers and cutlery which can be reused or disposed of in the compost bins at each rinse station. Participating vendors will be awarded the green footprint logo so look out for stall holders and outlets with this logo. While our aim is to reduce waste completely, compostables will give us a helping hand on the road to becoming a zero waste festival. Together we can make our festival a greener one, join us and 'be a taster, not a waster'.

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First Aid

The Order of Malta will operate a first aid station in the Town Park on Greys Lane from 12pm to 6pm on the Saturday & Sunday.

Greys Lane is situated off Green Street, opposite the Dingle Library.

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Charities

The festival is proud to be supporting the Dingle Coast & Cliff Rescue, Recovery Haven Kerry, Palative Care Unit UHK & Irish Cancer Society

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How to get here

GPS: 52.136272, -10.267876
Dingle is easily accessible by car, plane, train, bus and coach.

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GPS: 52.136272, -10.267876

Choose your method of transport for details on getting to the Dingle Food Festival

By Car

From Adare. 1hr 52 min (132.74km / 82.5miles) – Roads: N21, N86
From the Cliffs of Moher / Doolin. 3 hr 14 min (179.40km / 111.5 miles) – Roads: N85, N18, N21, N86
From Cork. 2 hr 24 min (168.94km / 105.0miles) – Roads: N22, R561, N86
From Dublin. 4 hr 11 min (343.20km / 213.3 miles) – Roads: M7, M20, N86
From Galway. 3 hr 23 min (249.07km / 154.8 miles) – Roads: M18, M20, N21, N86
From Kerry Airport 58 min (68.38km / 42.5miles) – Roads: R561, N86
From Killarney. 1 hr 11 min (83.03km / 51.6 miles) – Roads: R563, R561, N86
From Kilkenny. 3 hr 51 min (271.28km / 168.6 miles) – Roads: N77, M50, M20, N21,N86
From Kinsale. 2 hr 49 min (186.64km / 116.0 miles) – Roads: N71, N22, R561, N86
From Limerick 2 hr 7 min (151.41km / 94.1 miles) – Roads: M20, N21, N86

By Plane

The nearest airport to Dingle is Kerry Airport.

Full list of airports:

Kerry Airport: 58 min (68.38km / 42.5miles)
Direct flights from Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, London Stansted, London Luton, Berlin, Alicante & Faro.
– www.kerryairport.com
Cork Airport (2h 19m / 152 km)
Direct flights from England, Germany, France, Italy & many many more countries.
– www.corkairport.com
Shannon Airport (2h 26m / 172 km)
Direct flights from the U.K., U.S.A., & Europe.
– www.shannonairport.com
Dublin Airport (4h 3m / 351 km)
Direct Flights from all over the world, including the U.K., U.S.A., Europe & further afield.
– www.dublinairport.com

By Train

It is possible to use the train as part of your journey to Dingle.

If you wish to travel by train then the closest train station would be either Tralee or Killarney and from there it would be then possible to get a bus or coach to Dingle.

www.irishrail.ie for all the information and booking services for train travel.