The two years that ‘made’ the Dingle peninsula
THE elderly, Irish-speaking lady in Dunquin probably summed up the impact of Ryan’s Daughter on the Dingle Peninsula best when she described it as “an rialtas ab fhearr” — the best government ever.
Faraway Productions, the film company, went way over budget and spent money as if there was no limit to its bank accounts. It was reckoned that around IR£1 million was splurged on the peninsula during late 1968 and 1969.
