Although it is tiny , only 15 or so square miles , Clare island rises to a height of 1522ft in a massive shoulder of land that dominates everything around. A real hidden gem on Ireland tours ! The Island is famed above all as the...
If you cannot get accommodation in Dublin on your Ireland tours then Bray is worth considering as an option. It was developed as a resort in the 1850s when the railway was extended South of Dun Laoghaire. The Dart now runs efficiently to and from Bray. While...
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On Ireland tours if you are passing Clonmel and heading for Cashel then try and pass through Fethard. Whist it is a plain enough place and rarely visited by tourists there are some hidden gems. Fethard has a number of forgotten medieval ruins set at the back...
The island of Inishbofin is a mellow , balmy place , quite different from the mainland , and as such worth a visit on any Ireland tours. It is a bit of a hidden gem. There are day trips from the little village of Clifden...
White Island is in County Fermanagh if you are passing through on any tours of Ireland. Mounted on the wall of a ruined abbey, the seven early Christian carvings of White Island look eerily pagan. Found early last century they are thought to be caryatds - columnsin...
A local sight worth going out of your way for on tours of Ireland is Athlumney Castle , about one miles walk from the town centre. Its a real hidden gem. The castle , a 15th century tower house to which a Jacobean manor house was...
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The Lagan Lookout near the Custom House is a good position from which to view the world's second - and third-largest cranes, Goliath and Samson, across the river in East Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard. This is the city's proudest international asset: the ill-fated Titanic...
If you are driving North towards Thurles on any Ireland tours there is a wee hidden gem worth a stop. Ballynahow Castle is a circular castle tower built by the Purcell family in the sixteenth century. The castle stands next to a farmhouse "Ballynahow Castle Farm" and...