dingle

dingle
/ding"geuhl/, n.
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
[1200-50; ME: a deep dell, hollow; akin to OE dung dungeon, OHG tunc cellar]

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      peninsula and bay in County Kerry, on the southwestern coast of Ireland. The peninsula begins south of Tralee as the Slieve Mish range, with elevations of more than 2,000 feet (600 m); but in the west it becomes a mixture of hills and lowlands, with a north-trending line of hills near the town of Dingle. This ridge includes Brandon Mountain (3,127 feet [953 m]) and ends in some spectacular cliffs. The mountains are penetrated by heavily glaciated valleys. The extreme west of the peninsula comprises mainly lowlands, particularly around the harbours at Dingle, Ventry, and Smerwick. The peninsula terminates in the Blasket Islands. Dingle Bay separates the Dingle peninsula from the Iveragh peninsula to the south.

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