1983, a friendly dolphin decided to live in the harbour of
Dingle, a small town in western Ireland . He was named Fungie by
fishermen , he was still there in 1998. Thousands of people go to see
him every year . Other dophins come into the harbour, and Fungie
5 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 friends of Fungie took a
10 boat to safe place outside the harbour and made sure he followed.
They played with him until the explosions stopped. Everyone was
happy they had helped Fungie, the friendly dolphin, to live safely
in Dingle Harbour.