The beach at Com Dhíneol features several times in Ryan’s Daughter, including the opening shots of the film. Sometimes it is intercut with other beaches in the same scene, causing a kind of visual vertigo to those familiar with the landscape of the area. In the scene above, a currach is seen in the water. This lightweight wood and canvas boat is traditional to Ireland, although the kind depicted is not the usual larger West-Kerry version of the craft, known as a naomhóg, and is more likely to represent one typical to Co. Galway or Co. Clare. The name of the townland, Com Dhíneol, dates back to at least the twelfth century, and refers to Díníl, father of Fedelm Foltbuide, who was said to have lived at Com Díníl at the endpoint of Corca Dhuibhne. This is a fitting description of the place, as the headland above the beach, An Dún Mór, is the most westerly point in Ireland.