Minke whales hardly ever have a visible blow and never tail fluke so you have to have to look for a long black body breaking through the water with a relatively small dorsal fin set about two-thirds back along its body. And the 400-year old fortified homes of the local nobility — this one's now a bank — are now swallowed up in Galway's commercial hubbub.

To protect your valued artwork we at For Arts Sake take the extra step of mounting the print on acid-free board, wrapping it in high clarity cellophane and sending it to you flat-packed rather than rolled.Although sightings are by no means guaranteed booking tours in late summer or early autumn will give you the best chance of a sighting. With the events of the past few seasons, the plans for the new ground and the signings already made this pre-season, things are looking good to do that.

We'll delve into the best of the west — not polished and on a museum shelf — but wonderfully raw and unrefined. The months from March to November are the best around the West Kerry coast for any cetacean watching which - luckily for us - coincides with our boating season. Relish the delights of a short boat cruise of Dingle Bay with enlightening commentary on local history and landmarks. Kerry’s waters are home to many different species of dolphins, in Dingle the two species that are most common are bottle nose dolphins and common dolphins. The MV Blasket Princess is fully approved by the Dept of Transport and has all necessary safety, communication and navigational equipment.

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The beloved bottlenose dolphin Fungie moved into Dingle Harbor in 1983 and was a fixture for 37 years. This village was about the only one in Ireland to escape the famine, because they harvested the sea rather than potatoes. Does anyone remember going to work the weekend after Hillsborough in the blow up season and the abuse they took?

The town's tiny museum is humble — but if it's fragments of old Galway you're looking for, this is where they're kept.

On the subject of binoculars: get as good a pair as you can afford and your whale watching pleasure will increase manifold! If you cannot find the information you need, or have a question you would like answered, please feel free to contact us. I am not concerned about them, I wish them well but like every other team I hope we finish as high as possible. Minke whales are a type of baleen whale, they can be as long as 35 feet and weight as much 20,000 tons.First time in probably over 10 years we are the stronger side and will go into the season favourites to do better than them. Learning about Fungi from our guide Tip, and then seeing the dolphin’s mural along the boatride, was one of the most memorable moments from our time in Ireland! Full of anticipation they sit there for a while, expecting leviathan to rise from the depths, surfacing with a mighty blow and vanishing again with a powerful tail fluke raised to the heavens above. If this blog interested you, make sure to book a trip with us to get the best possible experience dolphin and whale watching, DingleBoat Tour’s “ Blasket Wildlife Eco Tour” is our best trip for seeing marine life.