There are galleries for paintings, statues and sculptures, and crafts people with a variety of skills to exhibit. Some crafts people have viewing areas where you can watch them working and creating. It can give an insight into the age-old traditions and manufacturing styles used by potters, weavers and other crafts people. Requests should be made to a member of staff. Many are housed in the artists homes or are included in shops and caf?s. As with any community, at any one time, our Artists provide us with an alternate view of the area. Contemporary painters capture landscapes and wildlife. Photographers and other visual artists produce great snapshots of our area from a different perspective.The Dingle Peninsula is a treasure trove of archaeological and historical interest. People have inhabited this peninsula for thousands of years, from Neolithic Man to Celtic pagans, and the area has an abundance of historical and archaeological sites. A learning centre of Early Christianity, and the mythical home of many legends of Irish folklore.

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Original handmade contempory jewellery designed and made by Niamh Ni Mhathuna-Utsch.The jewellery has been featured in fashion magazines on the continent and is made for people with attitude! Please make an appointment to meet Niamh Utsch to discuss and design your original jewellery piece. The gallery is open every day except on Sunday and Bank hoildays. Opening hours are 10.30hrs until 17.30hrs.The gallery also has art work and gift ideas on sale.

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Based in his workshop and studio in the village of Annascaul on the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Zac Phelan designs, hand makes and hand decorates his range of individually crafted ceramics.The pottery is hand thrown and each piece is individually glazed and decorated using unique colours and designs. The work compliments the modern home while holding on to the traditional virtues of elegance and functionality. All the work seen here is available in the on-line shop. All Annascaul Pottery products are exclusively made by hand. The decoration is applied by brush to each piece. Pieces are made on the potters wheel; no molding methods or other shortcuts are used. After forming, every item is dried carefully and fired in the kiln after a few weeks. Next the wax design is painted on, followed by glazing by hand. Then the colour is applied, again by brush. The object is now fired a second time.
Annascaul Pottery was founded in the middle of the 1970's by Monica and Niall Phelan. Monica set up her workshop in the garage at the old rectory in Annascaul that Niall restored from near ruin over the years. Monica's work was always brush decorated and highly individual. As the business grew the workshop eventually moved to a premises in the heart of Annascaul village in the mid 1980's; Niall opened the Dingle shop about this time. As the years passed the next generation worked in the business and eventually Monica moved on to a career in Art and Zac took over. Today he continues the spirit of what started over a quarter of a century ago.

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After nearly thirty years of customer's requests to be allowed see the work in progress or to try their hand at throwing a pot, Louis Mulcahy has agreed to dedicate an area at the pottery to those visitors who wish to experience the craft for themselves. Hitherto insurance requirements precluded the opening up of the working areas. Now space has been designated for the accommodation of the public's desire to see and experience the work in progress. It is hoped that while providing excellent entertainment, it will also be highly educational and illustrate the high skill and long training required to master the craft. In this room a professional thrower can be seen going through the daily routine of throwing pots. This person will deal with all the questions that may arise pertaining to the process and even allow visitors try their skill at making a shape. In addition to the throwing experience there will be audio visual demonstrations of the casting and jiggering processes which are used at the workshop. The techniques of glazing and decoration will also be revealed. This new development which will be costly to implement is in response to repeated enquiries from accommodation owners who have asked for the facility for their guests in order to give them an interesting break on their Slea Head tour. Despite the cost the service will be free for a trial period of one year. It will be in addition to the traditional complimentary coffee, telephone, visitor information and email facilities at the pottery. The pottery situated as it is under Clogher Head at the point where one turns back inland towards Dingle on the Slea Head route is the ideal resting place for visitors. It is the natural stopping place on the most westerly tip of Europe. This new development will add to the reasons for stopping at the Louis Mulcahy pottery. The facility is designed in such a way that it will not interfere with the day to day working of the pottery which is first and foremost a highly professional organisation dedicated to the production of pots of the highest international quality.

Visitor Centre: Monday - Friday 10 - 5 (November - March) Open seven days 10 - 5 (April - October)

Workshop: Monday - Sunday 9 - 5.30 (Winter) Monday - Sunday 9 - 7.00 (Summer)

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A native of West Kerry, Linda Ni hAinifein is a Contemporary Ceramic Artist living and working in the Dingle Peninsula. She has been exhibiting since 1996 after graduating from Limerick School of Art & Design with a Degree in Ceramics.

Linda uses clay as her medium to create works of Art that is inspired by the environment of the Dingle Peninsula. She looks to the archaeological aspects and the history of the area as well as the Geological aspects for her inspiration.

In 2005 Linda received her biggest Public Commission to date from Tintean Theatre in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. This body of work was inspired by the structure of the famous castle that lies in the centre of the town Ballybunion. Inside each piece Linda has inscribed a poem, from the renowned Listowel poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice, onto sheets of porcelain paper that she makes by combining toilet paper and Porcelain Clay.

Linda is also a member of the West Kerry Craft Guild and along with its twelve members, exhibits her work at their outlet An Gailearai Beag, in Main St, Dingle. Linda also exhibits and sells her work in the Blue Umbrella in Listowel, The Courtyard in Middleton and Home Nouveau, Oliver Plunkett St, Cork.

Linda is continuing to develop her work through ongoing exhibitions and public commissions throughout Ireland.

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An Gailearai Beag is a showcase for the West Kerry Craft Guild. We bring together Crafts people and Artists living on the Peninsula to present the best in local Art and Craft. Whether you are looking for a gift or something special for your home, the Gailearai Beag provides the inspiring ideas of unique local Art and Crafts.

Lathair taispeantais is ea An Gailearai Beag do Cheird Chumann Iarthar Chiarrai. Do thainig an grupa ealaiontoiri le cheile lena gcuid ealaiona agus ceardaiochta a spreagadh agus a chur ar diol go haitiuil.

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Brian de Staic Handcrafted Celtic Jewellery. The Dingle peninsula in County Kerry is a magical land on Europe's most westerly shore. It is here that Brian de Staic crafts his jewellery according to the age-old traditions of the Celt.
Inspired by Ireland's ancient culture and language and by the wild, haunting beauty of her landscape, he lovingly fashions gold and silver items that carry a timeless appeal.
Ogham Collection: There are ancient alphabets that were notched in stone, rude and primitive to some but to us spare and hard and passionate as love itself. And because they speak to us across the centuries we deem them timeless and in all honest reverence invoke them to our art. Please call to our Jewellery Studio at The Wood, Dingle and witness this timeless art inscribed on a range of beautiful gold and silver designs, and take a piece of history away with you forever.

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Se�n Daly's career as a master craftman began in 1973 when he joined Waterford Crystal as an apprentice crystal designer. Five years later, he qualified as a craftsman. Se�n continued in his quest for excellence and in 1983 he became a master craftsman. It was in 1998 that the spirit of Dingle captured his artistic mind. With a new found inspiration he swiftly began to make his dreams a reality by finding suitable premises and re-locating to Dingle to open up Dingle Crystal. It is here that Se�n transformed the celtic history and his own vision of art to create a breathtaking collection of mouth blown crystal using the Celtic theme. His pieces have become distintive and extremely popular, known for their Celtic knots and circles. Each piece is deep cut and hand polished to give a beautiful sparkle as light penetrates through the crystal. The Master Pieces are then personally signed and dated by the Master Craftsman Se�n Daly. Shop on-line and visit Dingle Crystal web site and see the very fine pieces of Dingle Cut, Dingle crafted, and most loved crystal.

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Pat McKenna is a full time artist, living on the Dingle Peninsula at Maumnagaoithe, which is located approximately halfway between Ventry ( Ceann Tra ) and Ballyferriter ( Baile an Fheirtearaigh). Visitors are always welcome to call and discuss their ideas and requirements. Pat is widely known for his Oil Paintings of the Irish Landscape. While he paints everywhere in Ireland, he has a particular affinity for Kerry and especially the Dingle Peninsula. He was a prominent businessman in Limerick City for over thirty years but sold his business to give his full time to his paintings. He is self taught and works only in " oils". His paintings reveal the effect of light and passing clouds on land and water. He is also member of the Artists Association of Ireland (AAI).