DINGLE  , a seaport and

market town of county Kerry, Ireland, in the west parliamentary division, the terminus of the Tralee and Dingle railway . Pop . (1901) 1786 . This may be considered the most westerly town in the United Kingdom unless Knightstown at Valencia Island be excepted; it lies on the south side of the northernmost of the great promontories which protrude into the Atlantic on the south-western coast of Ireland, on the fine natural harbour of Dingle Bay, in a wild hilly district abundant in relics of antiquity . The town, which is the centre of a considerable fishing industry, especially in mackerel, was in the 16th century of no little importance as a seaport; it had also a noted manufacture of linen . It was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth, and returned two members to the Irish parliament until the Union .