Hidden Gems

22 Feb Belfast tours

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Ireland Luxury Tours have just arranged a fantastic tour of Belfast for twelve V.I.P s as part of our corporate concierge service. They will begin with breakfast at the Europa , then travel up the North coast beyond Belfast. They will visit Dunluce Castle (a real...

22 Feb Dolmens…….in Ireland

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Try and see these on tours of Ireland if only for the sheer age of the things. Dolmens are Stone Age megalithic tombs. They consist of between three and seven uprights carrying a capstone weighing up to one hundred tons. A good example is at Browneshill , County...

21 Feb Early Churches in Ireland

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If you come on any Ireland tours , relegion , and chuches are a huge part of Irish history. In early Irish Christianity , churches were built of wood or occasionally of earth - presumably small boxlike structures with corner beams. But the double church for...

18 Feb County Wexford

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A maritime county in the province of Leinster. Worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. Often refereed to as "the sunny southeast" of Ireland , Wexford (900 square miles) has a population of approx 120,000. Its terrain falls gradually southeastward from the Blackstairs Mountains (2,409 feet) to...

16 Feb Coole Park , Galway , Ireland

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A real hidden gem for any tours of Ireland. Coole Park is an estate near Gort , County Galway. It is associated with the "Irish Literary Revival". It was the home of Lady (Augusta) Gregory , the dramatist , folklorist , and translator. She married Sir William Gregory of...

15 Feb County Laois

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This is a midland county in the province of Leinster that you may pass through on tours of Ireland. It covers 664 square miles and has a population of around 60,000. It is dominated by an expanse of agricultural land , and the county is bound to...

14 Feb Book of Armagh

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This is a ninth century Irish manuscript which is worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. It is the most important source for our knowledge of the life and writings of Saint Patrick , whose name you will hear on any Ireland tours. It is the only...

08 Feb National Museum of Ireland

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When in Dublin on tours of Ireland consider visiting the various sites. All are must see attractions if you want to see the history of Ireland. Ireland's national museum consists of collections of archeology , history , decorative arts , and natural history. Established in 1877 ,...

04 Feb The Four Courts , Dublin

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The Four Courts is a landmark of Dublin's city centre , located at the Inns Quay on the river Liffey. Built between 1786 and 1802 , the structure is a masterpiece of Georgian architecture. But a bit of a hidden gem on tours of Ireland. Part of...

03 Feb Carrowmore , Ireland

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If you are on tours of Ireland then Carrowmore is a real hidden gem. It is an extensive megalithic cemetery , possibly started in the fifth millenium B.C. It has been much depleted by stone -quarrying but was formerly the largest known collection of megalithic tombs in...