Wild Atlantic Way rules

RECENTLY, for the umpteenth time, RTÉ again screened the David Lean epic, Ryan’s Daughter, filmed in the Dingle Peninsula, in 1969/’70.

Whatever about the movie’s drawn-out storyline, the cameras brilliantly showed up the rugged grandeur of the west coast. Tourism Ireland could do worse than to get permission to use some clips for advertising the Wild Atlantic Way.

Not only did Lean launch the Dingle Peninsula as a tourist destination, he also put a spotlight on the natural beauty of the west coast better than most and flagged the Wild Atlantic Way well ahead of his time. Scenery is still the number one reason that tourists come here.