Survey: Signposts mean 84% of tourists can't find Dingle

More than 80% of tourists nearly missed the town of Dingle due to the omission of the name Dingle from signposts, according to an independent survey undertaken by small local businesses.

Up to 84% of tourists who travelled to Dingle by car over the St. Patrick's Bank Holiday weekend experienced difficulty finding the town.

In the survey conducted in the town, 95% said that they knew the town only as Dingle not as An Daingean.

A further 94% indicated that it would be more beneficial to visitors to the area if the names on the signposts were indicated in English and in Irish.

"We wasted a day trying to find this town after a long journey, its very annoying not to see signs to this so called tourist destination" said Dan Sommers, a visitor from Iceland.

"Our guidebook helped us to clarify that we were in Dingle, without this help we might have been lost, in Kinsale and Kenmare our inn keeper referred to this town as Dingle" said Mike Ekberg, Boston.