In 1983. a friendly dolphin decided to live in the harbour of Dingle, a small town in western Ireland. He was named Fungie by fisherman, and he was still there in 1998. Thousands of people go to see him every year. Other dolphins come into the harbour, and Fungie plays with them, but when they leave,he chooses to stay. Fungie likes people, and plays with them too. He likes to follow boats too. In 1989, engineers planned to use dynamite explosions to make the harbour bigger. Everyone was worried that these explosions might kill Fungie, so before they started, some friend of Fungie took a boat to a safe place outside the harbour and made sure he followed. They played with him until the explosions stopped. Everybody was happy they had helped Fungie, the friendly dolphin, to live safely in Dingel Harbour.