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village on the northern coast of the Dingle Peninsula in

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. It lies directly north of

Dingle Dingle ( or ''Daingean Uí Chúis'', meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula (known in Irish as ''Corca Dhuibhne''), it sits on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coa ...

, at the foot of Mount Brandon and on the shores of Brandon Bay. The ancient Celtic

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, a pre-Christian celebration called '' Féile Lughnasa'', takes place yearly in the village and surrounding area on the last Sunday of July.

Windsurfing

Brandon Carter Bay is one of the top

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locations in Ireland. Host of three PWA professional wave sailing events in 2000, 2001 and 2002, it is home to several windsurfing schools catering to all levels from beginner to advanced. The Maharees, a sandy peninsula between Brandon Bay and Tralee Bay, is where most windsurfing activity is based. Great locations include Sandy Bay for beginners, Scraggane Bay for intermediates on flat water and Brandon Bay itself for advanced wave sailing.

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is also growing quickly in the Maharees, with wave conditions as big as anything in Ireland.

Twin towns

Cloghane and Brandon (''An Clochán agus Bhréanainn'') are jointly twinned with the village of Plozévet in

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Notable people

* Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013), Australian Criminal. Source: From the horse´s mouth stated when met by an Irish backpacker in a Melbourne pub in 2003. His middle name was Brandon as that was where his Irish family were from.

Windsurfing

Twin towns

Notable people

References

See also