Rathlin Island, to the east of Ballycastle and only about 12 miles from the Mull of Kintyre, is a world apart. Once it was difficult to reach due to the trecherous tides which sweep between it and the mainland, but a modern ferry now makes...
1. GIANTS CAUSEWAY The Norths best known tourist attraction...
This year we have had several requests at Ireland Luxury Tours to combine Ireland tours with tours of Scotland. The itinerary below is a sample of the tours we can arrange of Ireland and Scotland. SUN 26TH : Arrive in Dublin and transfer to TRINTY CAPITAL HOTEL...
Crannogs are man-made , usually circular , lake islands. They consist of piles of stones as a foundation, covered by brushwood and earth, and with palisades enclosing one or more houses. Modern examples at Craggaunowen (County Clare) and the National heritage Park at Ferrycarrig (County Wexford) show...
Island in the Atlantic, seven miles off the Kerry coast. Skellig Michael was a monastery and place of pilgrimage first mentioned in 823. Difficult to land on, it has six beehive huts with square interiors, two oratories (all built in the corbel technique), a cemetery, a hermitage,...
One of the four provinces of Ireland. This Northwest province covers an area of 6838 square miles. It has a population of around 500,000. Connacht is the least arable but one of the most beautiful provinces of Ireland. Its name derives from the Connachta , followers of Conn of...
A picturesque valley in the Wicklow Hills. Glendalough is...
Ireland's second largest county, in the province of Connacht. Extending from the Atlantic to the River Shannon (area of 2,374 square miles), the county has a population of over 208,000. Galway City, the county capital, straddles the divide between the barren Irish-speaking Connemara to the west...
County Louth is a maritime county in the province of Leinster...
Along with Newgrange and Dowth , Knowth forms a great Neolithic cemetery on a ridge of hills north of the Boyne river, some miles upstream from Drogheda, County Louth. It dates from around 3000 B.C...