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The modern era includes the early period, called the early modern period, which lasted from c. 1500 to around c. 1800 (most often 1815).
Particular facets of early modernity include: The Renaissance. The Reformation and Counter Reformation.



Monument (calvary) at the point of Slea Head (Ceann Sleibhe).
Ceann Sleibhe
Mill wheel at the now disused timber mill at Milltown, Dingle.
Mill wheel
World War II look-out post built on the promontory of Dunmore Head, Com Dhíneol.
Dunmore Head
St James' Church of Ireland parish church (1807), Main Street, Dingle, built on the site of the earlier (13th-century) medieval parish church. Dingle was one of the main embarkation points for pilgrimage to Compostela in Galicia, north-western Spain, hence the dedication to St James.
St James' Church
Coláiste íde, Baile Ghóilín, Dingle, formerly Burnham House and home of the Mullins/De Moylin family, who held the title 'Lord Ventry'. The Georgian house has been extended and altered over the years, and is now a boarding school for girls at secondary level.
Coláiste íde
Modern memorial by Tony Fazio erected in Cill Mháiread, the graveyard associated with the old hospital/workhouse, Dingle, which is on the hill behind the hospital.
Cill Mháiread
Green road from Na Gleannta, to the north of Dingle, running east crossing through Mullach Bhéal and down to An Clochán. This may have been the main route by land into the west of the peninsula during the medieval period.
Na Gleannta
Tomb of Lord Ventry, containing Mullins slab (1695) beside St James' Church of Ireland parish church (1807), Main Street, Dingle.
Lord Ventry
Two-phase clochán (beehive hut) in Gleann Fán near Ceann Sléibhe (Slea Head). Possibly dating originally from the early medieval period.
Clochán
Lough Tower, probably built as an 'eye-catcher' (an ornamental feature) to complements the views from the nearby Lough House, outside Dingle.
Lough Tower
Late 19th-/early 20th-century clochán in farmyard in Gleann Fán near Ceann Sléibhe (Slea Head), used as farmyard building. A second can be seen to the left of the image, and another in the background uphill.
Clochán
Railway viaduct (disused) in Lios Póil, on the line of the Tralee-Dingle railway.
Railway viaduct
Monument by Cliodhna Cussen to commemorate the siege and massacre at the promontory fort of Dún an óir, Ard na Caithne (Smerwick Harbour). It was erected in 1980 when a pagent was held locally to remember the events. The heads represent those slain, which included Spaniards, Italian and Irish.
Dún an óir
Monument by Cliodhna Cussen to commemorate the siege and massacre at the promontory fort of Dún an óir, Ard na Caithne (Smerwick Harbour). It was erected in 1980 when a pagent was held locally to remember the events.
Dún an óir
The Mullins slab (1695), placed in Tomb of Lord Ventry situated beside St James' Church of Ireland parish church, Main Street, Dingle.
Mullins slab
The old hospital, Dingle, formerly built as a workhouse in the late 1840s in response to the needs of local people due to the Great Famine, 1845-7.
Old hospital
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