Zachariah Bartholomew "Zak" Dingle is a long running fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Steve Halliwell. He first appeared on 20 October 1994.
Halliwell initially joined the show as part of the Dingle family and was only initially supposed to stay for a few episodes, but has become a key part of the show for 20 years. He has been nominated for several awards for his portrayal of Zak. Some of Zak's storylines have included his wife Nellie divorcing him. Marrying Lisa Clegg (Jane Cox), having a daughter, Belle (Emily Mather; Eden Taylor-Draper), the death of his son, Butch (Paul Loughran), Lisa being raped, assaulting his son Cain (Jeff Hordley), suffering a mental breakdown, trying to control his rebellious daughter, Belle, and falling in love with his lodger Joanie Wright (Denise Black).
He arrived with the rest of the Dingle family and along with the family was to "run riot through the rural tranquillity and put the muck back into the mix". The family where originally supposed to be "nothing more than a bit of spot of bother over a couple of episodes" but later were kept. In 2003 it was announced Halliwell was to take break. This led him to commented that he had "no axe to grind" and it wasn't "about salary or storylines" and added "I love Zak, I love Emmerdale, but I've asked for a spell out to spend some quality time with my family and friends". In 2010 Halliwell said that his casting in Emmerdale was "the greatest break in my professional life".
Dingle (Irish: An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis, meaning "Ó Cúis' fort") is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Killarney.
Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing and agriculture: Dingle Mart (livestock market) serves the surrounding countryside. In 2006 Dingle had a population of 1,920. Dingle is situated in a Gaeltacht region. There used to be two secondary schools but they have now amalgamated to produce Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. A friendly dolphin named Fungi lives in the harbour.
In Ireland the town was developed as a port following the Norman invasion of Ireland. By the thirteenth century more goods were being exported through Dingle than Limerick, and in 1257 an ordinance of Henry III imposed customs on the port's exports. By the fourteenth century, importing wine was a major business. Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, who held palatine powers in the area, imposed a tax on this activity around 1329. By the sixteenth century, Dingle was one of Ireland's main trading ports, exporting fish and hides and importing wines from the continent of Europe. French and Spanish fishing fleets used the town as a base.
Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland.
Dingle may also refer to:
Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.
It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dingle was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.