WAVE is the brainchild of the Keane family, whose business, Ó Catháin Iasc Teo., has long been a vital part of the Dingle community as a fish processor and exporter.
A former fish processing plant in Dingle has given a new lease of life to their 17,000 sq ft building.Ó Catháin Iasc Teo, a processor and exporter of fish, has.
Ó Catháin Iasc Teoranta’s processing plant, which was once at the centre of the fishing industry in Dingle, began a new life at the weekend when the doors were opened on WAVE – the Wild Atlantic Virtual Experience that now occupies much of the former factory floor. After three generations in the fish processing and export business, the Keane family felt that, with so much uncertainty in the fishing industry, a move into tourism promised the most viable future for the processing plant and the jobs that remain there. The result is WAVE, which takes visitors on a virtual undersea journey to view the marine life, shipwrecks, and other wonders in the sea off the coast of West Kerry. The ‘above water’ side of the exhibition includes information panels on famous shipwrecks including the Spanish Armada’s Santa Maria de la Rosa which sank in the Blasket Sound and the German U68 which was sunk by a British warship south west of Dingle Bay. “Ten years ago our fish factory wa
WAVE Dingle is the newest attraction to open in the West Kerry town and promises visitors an immersive adventure through the underwater world like never before.