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Saoirse spends her final full day in Dingle, from a slow breakfast at Bean to a last drive out to Dunquin and a final trad session. She reflects on the cost of a month on the peninsula and what comes next on the Wild Atlantic Way.
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Episode 31 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Bean in Dingle, Coastline House B&B, Dunquin Pier, Blasket Centre (Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir), The Humble Fishmonger, Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium, Dingle Coffee House, O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub.
Covered: End of summer routine, Cost of a month in Dingle, Rainy day in Dunquin, Blasket Centre revisit, Banking admin, Farewell to Dingle.
Chapters:
00:00 Bean in Dingle
00:59 Road
03:46 Dunquin Pier
05:19 The Humble Fishmonger
06:34 Green Street
07:52 The Mall
09:55 Street
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #IrelandTravel #WildAtlanticWay #CountyKerry #TraditionIrishMusic #TradSession #Gaeltacht #SleaHead #Dunquin #BlasketIslands #SlowTravelIreland #DingleFood #IrishLanguage #SeptemberInIreland #RoadTripIreland #DingleCoast #IrelandPodcast
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Saoirse spends her twelfth day in Dingle on a quiet Sunday, walking the town as the summer season winds down. She takes in a final boat trip, reflects on the cost of settling in, and enjoys a trad session that feels like a farewell to the busy months.
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Episode 30 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Bean in Dingle, Dingle Artworks, Dick Mack's, The Fish Box - Dingle, Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium, My Boy Blue, Ballyferriter, Blasket Centre.
Covered: End of summer season in Dingle, Wet day activities in Dingle, Practical costs: aquarium, chowder, pizza, pint, Gaeltacht village of Ballyferriter, Blasket Centre repeat visit, Planning for Dingle Food Festival, Potential Cormac Begley gig.
Chapters:
00:00 Bean in Dingle
01:02 Dingle Artworks
03:09 My Boy Blue
04:38 Ballyferriter
06:10 O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub
07:12 Night
08:16 Room
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#DingleIreland #DinglePeninsula #WildAtlanticWay #IrelandTravel #Gaeltacht #CountyKerry #TradMusic #IrishPubs #DingleFood #BlasketIslands #SleaHead #SlowTravel #IrelandPodcast #DingleTown #EndOfSummer #IrishMusic #SeafoodChowder #VisitIreland
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Saoirse marks the end of peak season in Dingle with a slow morning at Bean, the last of the summer races, a wander through the town's galleries, a final drive out the Slea Head loop, and a gentle trad session at O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub. She reflects on the cost of living this life and what it means to find a home in a place you love.
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Episode 29 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Bean in Dingle, Coastline House B&B, Slea Head Drive, Coumeenoole Beach, Dunquin, Blasket Centre, Conor Pass, The Fish Box.
Covered: Slea Head Drive full loop experience, Dingle shoulder season atmosphere, Cost of a day out in Dingle, End of summer traditions in Dingle, Trad music session at O'Sullivan's.
Chapters:
00:00 Bean in Dingle
00:58 Slea Head Drive
02:01 Quiet town street morning
03:14 Coastal road wind
04:31 Dunquin
05:36 Goat Street
07:14 The Fish Box
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #SleaHeadDrive #DinglePeninsula #WildAtlanticWay #IrelandTravel #DingleFood #ConorPass #TradSession #DingleGaeltacht #VisitKerry #IrelandRoadTrip #DingleTown #IrishMusic #EndOfSummer #TheFishBox #DingleArtworks
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Saoirse wakes to a storm-battered Dingle on her tenth day, walking the pier and strand, checking on the town's recovery, and settling into the true end-of-summer rhythm. She reflects on the cost of a quiet season, from a €90 B&B to a €38 dinner, and plans her next steps west.
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Episode 28 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Dingle Pier, Bean in Dingle, Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium, Goat Street, Dingle Artworks, The Fish Box - Dingle, AIB Bank, Ballyferriter.
Covered: Storm aftermath and town recovery, End-of-summer season in Dingle, Practical costs: B&B, fish and chips, chowder, restaurant dinner, Irish banking and PPS number admin, Gaeltacht culture in Ballyferriter, Trad music session, Planning for the Dingle Food Festival.
Chapters:
00:00 Quiet room interior
02:00 Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium
04:11 AIB Bank
05:44 Ballyferriter
06:40 O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub
08:01 Bar
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #DingleAfterTheStorm #WestOfIreland #WildAtlanticWay #IrishStaycation #Gaeltacht #IrishLanguage #TradMusic #SeafoodIreland #DingleFood #DingleFoodFestival #MoveToIreland #ExpatLife #IrelandTravel #CountyKerry #FáilteIreland
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Saoirse takes a slow morning in Dingle, watching the town wake after the summer rush. From a long coffee at Bean to the empty strand and a final look at the harbour, she reflects on the end of the season and the simple cost of a perfect day.
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Episode 27 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Bean in Dingle, The Fish Box - Dingle, O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub, The Chart House, Dingle Harbour, The Strand.
Covered: Slow travel and unplanned days, Quiet season sessions and music, Practical costs of a day in Dingle, Seafood chowder and dining in Dingle, Dingle bay boat trip, End of summer atmosphere.
Chapters:
00:00 Bean in Dingle
01:05 Cafe interior
02:28 The Strand
03:51 Marina
05:11 O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub
06:42 The Chart House
08:02 Night street with distant music
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #IrelandTravel #WildAtlanticWay #TradMusic #IrishMusic #SeafoodIreland #DingleFoodFestival #SlowTravel #Gaeltacht #CountyKerry #DingleHarbour #ShoulderSeason #TravelIreland #DingleBay #WestOfIreland
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Saoirse enjoys the calm after the Dingle Races — a walk out to the pier, a long lunch at The Half Door, an afternoon at the distillery, and a final trad session that feels like the end of summer.
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Episode 26 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Bean in Dingle, The Half Door Restaurant, Dingle Distillery, My Boy Blue, An Díseart, O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub, Dingle Pier, Dingle Strand.
Covered: Dingle town day routine, Trad music session, Distillery tour, Seafood dining, End of summer season, Slow travel.
Chapters:
00:00 Dingle
01:02 An Díseart
02:36 Dingle Distillery
05:31 O'Sullivan's Courthouse Pub
06:23 Night street
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #IrelandTravel #WildAtlanticWay #IrelandsGaeltacht #TradMusic #IrishMusic #SeafoodIreland #DingleDistillery #HarryClarke #DingleFoodFestival #SlowTravel #CountyKerry #IrishPubs #DingleBay #TravelIreland #EndOdSummer
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Saoirse takes a quiet morning walk through Dingle after the races have ended, reflects on the town's seasonal shift, and explores the practical side of settling in Ireland — from banking to the Conor Pass — before a final evening trad session.
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Episode 25 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: The Mall, Goat Street, Green Street, Coastline House B&B, The Fish Box, Dick Mack's, AIB, Bank of Ireland.
Covered: Dingle town life and end of summer, Conor Pass drive, Practical settling-in admin (banking, PPS, SIM), Trad session pub culture, Food and dining costs in Dingle.
Chapters:
00:00 Dingle
00:27 The Mall
02:12 AIB
03:37 Conor Pass
05:38 Out of the Blue
07:35 Quiet room interior
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #ConorPass #WildAtlanticWay #IrelandTravel #Gaeltacht #IrishMusic #TradSession #DingleFoodFestival #IrelandRoadTrip #MovingToIreland #ExpatLife #IrishLanguage #CountyKerry #OffTheBeatenPath #IrelandInSeptember
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Saoirse settles into day six in Dingle, marking the end of peak season with a walk past the regatta's quiet quay, a pint at Dick Mack's, and a look ahead to the Dingle Food Festival while chiming on local costs and the Conor Pass drive.
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Episode 24 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Dingle Harbour, Lighthouse Walk, Dick Mack's, The Fish Box, Out of the Blue, Bean in Dingle, Gallarus Oratory, Ballyferriter.
Covered: End of summer season in Dingle, Dingle costs and budgeting, Gallarus Oratory visit, Conor Pass planning, Trad music session, Dingle food festival update.
Chapters:
00:00 Dingle
01:15 Pier
02:40 The Fish Box
04:12 Bar
04:57 Gallarus Oratory
06:51 Barr na Sráide
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #IrelandTravel #WildAtlanticWay #Gaeltacht #DingleFoodFestival #DingleRegatta #GallarusOratory #ConorPass #BlasketIslands #TradSession #IrishMusic #SeafoodIreland #TravelIreland #Podcast #Ireland2026 #DingleTown #SleaHead
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Saoirse reflects on the tail-end of Dingle's summer, visits the Blasket Centre after a settled sea crossing, and hears how the town is mourning a recent dolphin stranding — all while navigating the cost of a day out in Ireland's Gaeltacht.
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Episode 23 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: Dunquin Pier, Great Blasket, Blasket Centre, Coumeenoole Beach, Dingle Harbour, Goat Street, Dingle Artworks, The Fish Box.
Covered: Blasket Islands trip, Dingle cost of day out, Dolphin stranding, Blasket Centre museum, Dingle town streets and galleries, Trad pub evening.
Chapters:
00:00 Dunquin Pier
02:00 Great Blasket
03:26 Blasket Centre
05:04 Goat Street
06:39 The Half Door
08:12 Bar
08:58 Night
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #BlasketIslands #GreatBlasket #DinglePeninsula #SleaHead #Gaeltacht #IrishLanguage #DingleTown #WildAtlanticWay #IrelandTravel #TravelIreland #BlasketCentre #DingleBay #DolphinRescue #SeafoodIreland #TradMusic #IrishCulture
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Saoirse spends her fourth day in Dingle exploring the town's quieter corners, catching up on the recent dolphin stranding, and planning a trip to the Blasket Islands while the seas stay settled.
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Episode 22 of Ireland Travel Podcast with Saoirse Byrne. Saoirse Byrne is in Dingle, Ireland.
Places in this episode: The Mall, Goat Street, Green Street, Barr na Sráide, Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium, The Fish Box - Dingle, Dick Mack's Pub, Out of the Blue Restaurant.
Covered: Dingle town life, Seafood dining, Blasket Islands planning, Dolphin conservation, Local transport, Quiet day routine.
Chapters:
00:00 Green Street
01:05 Cafe
02:24 The Conor Pass
03:24 The Tracks Road
04:34 Barr na Sráide
06:00 The Blasket Islands
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Dingle #DinglePeninsula #IrelandTravel #WildAtlanticWay #Gaeltacht #BlasketIslands #IrishFood #Seafood #TradMusic #DingleOceanworld #ConorPass #IrelandRoadTrip #TravelIreland #DingleBay #IrishWildlife #Kerry
https://www.paris2tokyo.com/podcasts/ireland/
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This podcast follows one resident host as she lives in Ireland the way a local would, settling somewhere, learning it, then moving on. Travelling in Ireland means reading the temperate maritime weather, understanding the Atlantic's pull, and noticing that most people live near Dublin while the west stays exposed and thinly populated.
Her route moves through Dublin, then the Burren's limestone terraces, Connemara's boggy hills, and the Antrim Coast's basalt cliffs. Each of these places changes how you move: city pavements, bare karst, mountain roads, sea edge. The range covers landscapes shaped by different histories and geology.
The show unfolds in seasons, not itineraries. The same bog, cliff path or village square returns across episodes as winter's overcast gives way to spring growth, summer crowds, autumn storms. By lingering, the host builds a picture of Ireland that comes from accumulating small observations rather than rushing between sights.
Saoirse Byrne lives in Ireland and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Saoirse is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.
A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.
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Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.
#Ireland #IrelandTravel #NorthernEurope #Dublin #TravelPodcast #Travel #Paris2Tokyo
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