Dingle (disambiguation)

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A dingle is a small enclosed valley, a diminutive form of "Dell (landform)". It may refer to:

Contents

[edit] Landscaped valleys

[edit] People

[edit] Fictional

  • "Mr. Dingle, the Strong", a Twilight Zone episode in the 1960 – 61 season
  • Desmond Olivier Dingle, comedic alter ego of English actor Patrick Barlow
  • The Dingles, a large family on the TV series Emmerdale with a collective reputation for unruly behaviour.

[edit] Place names

Canada
  • Sir Sandford Fleming Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, informally known as "Dingle Park", after the name of Fleming's summer retreat on this property
Ireland
Philippines
Sweden
  • Dingle, Sweden, a small town in Munkedal Municipality, Västra Götaland County
United Kingdom
United States

[edit] Television

  • The Dingle family, a popular family from the long-running British soap opera Emmerdale

[edit] Football

  • Burnley FC fans are referred to as dingles by supporters of Blackburn Rovers after the characters from the soap Emmerdale.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers FC fans are also referred to as dingles by supporters of other Midlands clubs.
  • Barnsley FC are also referred to as dingles by neighbouring teams, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

[edit] See also

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