Murphy's Ice Cream in An daingean

19/01/2025: A unique pub. Take in their shelves of great whiskey… or are those great walls of fire? 😄 Ask the barman to show you the historic stone wall outside behind the pub. It may have originated in the 1500s, the result of what happened after the Desmond Rebellion. In 1569, the residents of Dingle requested a "murage grant" to build walls around the town, but were unsuccessful. After the Spanish and French tried to aid the natives against the Crown, the peninsula was raided and ravaged by British forces, and Dingle was burned for a third time during this period by the Earl of Ormond. After the rebellion was crushed, Queen Elizabeth granted a royal charter to make Dingle a walled town. This allowed the town to be incorporated as a borough, the first of its kind in Kerry. The town's street layout and some traces of the walls remain, preserving the pattern of burgage plots. The old wall behind the pub may be a part of this.

19/01/2025: Really nice quiet pub. Certainly pop in for a look. Staff were good.