It is not easy to resist the emollients of a city which erects in its main square a statue of a poet - and a little leprechaun of a fellow at that, of whom almost nobody has ever heard. Padraic O'Conaire once wandered around Connemara...
The best way to approach Dublin is from the sea, the route chosen by the Norse Vikings who founded the city almost twelve hundred years ago. The city sits plumb in the middle of a sweeping, open claw like bay stretching almost twenty miles from...
HA'PENNY BRIDGE , DUBLIN The iconic symbol of Dublin, the Ha'penny Bridge (offically Wellington Bridge after the 'Iron Duke') was opened in 1816. Cast at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire in England, the bridge acquired its unofficial monniker from the toll paid to cross the river - one old...
There's one fair county in Ireland With memory so glorious and grand Where nature has lavished her bounty On the orchard of Erins great land I love its cathedral city Once founded by Patrick so true And there in the heart of it's bosom Are the ashes of Brian Boru It's my own...
If you want to see the North coast out of a base , like Belfast for example , our tours are very different. Ireland Luxury Tours like to drive the coast road through Carrickfergus to Larne. Then on to Carnlough and a coffee stop at the Londonderry...
Ross Castle is the ancestral home of the O'Donoghue clan though it is better known for its association with the Brownes of Killarney who owned it until recently. It is located on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park ,County Kerry , Ireland. This...
The Ring of Kerry is a tourist trail in County Kerry , south-western Ireland. A must see on any Ireland tours. The route covers the 170 km circular road (N70 , N 71 and R562) , starting from Killarney , heading around the Iveragh Peninsula and passing through Kenmare ,...
The Albert Clock was constructed between 1865 and 1870 as a memorial to Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort - Prince Albert. You will see it clearly on any Belfast tours. It stands 113 feet tall with a statue of the Prince in robes of a Knight...
On our tours of Belfast we advise a call at the Titanic Dry Dock. When you look into this vast chasm it gives you a real feel of the scale of the Titanic. Bearing in mind it was 1902 in Belfast shipyard , it is truly...
Dont miss this Causeway as it was formed 60 Million years ago as a result of volcanic eruptions and is a must see attraction on any Ireland tours !!!! The lava cooled and hardened, it formed layers of basalt rock to become the Giant’s Causeway. You...