Shop window for Irish wool at Dingle Food Festival

Irish wool from hardy upland sheep flocks has been woven over the years and knitted into fashionable knitwear and other products that have given the Irish identity across the world.

Irish wool from hardy upland sheep flocks has been woven over the years and knitted into fashionable knitwear and other products that have given the Irish identity across the world.

Spinning a good yarn has always been a feature of the Dingle Food Festival in west Kerry.

But this year, the traditional storytellers had to temporarily give way to a different kind of spinning – wool.