Hi Kerry If you're coming to Dingle, you'd be well advised to do your own cooking, or at least prepare your own breakfast and a picnic lunch, as meals in Dingle are very expensive (a bowl of soup can run you about E4.00; a main course starts about E10.00; and sandwiches are around E6.00, although you do get more on the side than you would in the States). Also, if you enjoy coffee, a flask wouldn't go amiss, as you pay per cup; but don't miss out on it, either, as it is quite good in places. You can buy a cup to go in the grocery stores, but it's E1.30 for a small cup (and I mean small!), and E2.00 for a large one. When you figure that the exchange rate at the moment is roughly $1.40 to the euro, that adds up fast. Ashe's on Main Street has lovely salads (that's all I've eaten there so far) and the service is pleasant. The meal will run you around E15-20 each. The Goat Street Cafe also has nice meals. It's small, and I paid about E15.00 for a Thai chicken curry and a cup of coffee (espresso size) yesterday. But I thought it was worth it for one day. The Dingle Bay Hotel is pretty good, too, and possibly a little cheaper, but I don't find the service great. Maybe that's because they can't figure out if I'm a tourist or a local! There's also a new place called The Garden that just opened a few weeks ago on Green Street. I've only been in once so far, but the food was good that day (I got a huge bowl of carrot and ginger soup for E4.00. Sounds awful but it was delicious) and an outrageous cherry pie (which you don't get here much, and I miss) for another E4.00, and a generous cup of coffee for E2.00. It must still be good, because the place is always packed, which is why I haven't been in again. Self-service cottages this year were running about E300 to E600 a week from what I heard, depending on where they were. I don't know what they'll be next year. Hope this helps. Edel Codd, Tralee In Kerry/Dingle Peninsula: ASHE-Camp & Ballyknockane, & related; BROSNAN-Dingle Town, & related; CAVANAUGH–Holyoke, MA area (related to BROSNAN) In Wexford: CODD, Woodlands & Carne, & related; FARDY, Coolboy, Gusserane, & related; PRESCOTT – Albany, NY