Maritime county in the province of Connacht in the West of Ireland. On our tours of Ireland we usually pass through on the way from Galway to Enniskillen. It is a bit of a hidden gem. Sligo, covering an area of 709 square miles, has a...
On any tours of Ireland you may well come across stories about Tara. It is bit of a hidden gem. Tara was the symbolic seat and coronation site of early medieval Ireland's high kings. Though it was not their permanent residence. It is located in County Meath and...
Worth seeing on any Ireland tours. It is a peninsula in County Kerry, jutting into the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest coast of Ireland. The town of Dingle stands near the end of the peninsula. Some of the most beautiful Munster Irish is spoken in the Gaeltacht areas...
We have developed a new tour of Iteland for clients !!! SIX COUNTIES' CRAFTS AND CULTURE DAY 1 BELFAST Pick up from Belfast International Airport Drop at hotel (whichever one you think) and have lunch Coach tour of Belfast covering history, politics, culture, crafts. DAY 2 COUNTY ANTRIM Coast Road via Carrickfergus...
Irish Tower Houses are tall , often four or five-story castles erected in the fifteenth , sixteenth , and early seventeenth centuries. Affluent Irish landowners built these tower houses and defenses, status symbols, and homes for their families and retainers. Sparsely furnished within, the houses somtimes had an...
The symbolic instrument of Ireland is the Harp...
The Mountains of Mourne are a must see attraction on any tours of Ireland. Born in fire, shaped by ice, gentled by rain and sun and living things, the Mountains of Mourne are a place apart, and they occupy a unique place in the hearts of...
If you are on any Ireland tours and coming to Belfast in January then check out the following : ULSTER ORCHESTRA : NEW YEAR VIENNESE CONCERTS - 7TH AND 8TH JANUARY 2011 - IN THE WATERFRONT HALL ULSTER ORCHESTRA : PIAZZOLLAS FOUR SEASONS - 21ST JANUARY 2011...
On any tours of Ireland you will come across many Viking influences and history. Norsemen , largely from Western Norway, who made raids on Ireland from 795 onward. The Vikings founded the first Irish cities , such as Dublin , Limerick , Wexford, and Waterford , after...
This is the Northern province, which is divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. On a any tours of Ireland you will come across the province of Ulster. Six of Ulster's nine counties Antrim , Armagh , Down , Derry, Fermanagh , and Tyrone -...