The cracked limestone terrain of the Aran Islands, lying about 45km out in Galway Bay, links them geologically with the Burren, in County Clare. The islands are flattish, but tilt towards massive sea cliffs in some places. making a living on these bleak rock platforms,...
A tour round this remote, Irish-speaking westerly extremity offers many things: superb coastal scenery with peaceful beaches and scattered islands; grand mountains and lush, fuchsia-splashed countryside; a rich assortment of antiquities; and a lively music scene and excellent seafood restaurants based on the charming fishing...
Armagh has often been the scene of battle: County Armagh is predominantly Catholic, especially in the south, but the city itself is a Protestant stronghold. The two rival cathedrals, both dedicated to St Patrick, scowl at each other from two of Armagh's seven small hills. ...
I had the pleasure of taking two very amiable clients on a trip up the North Coast on Monday 1st February 2010. We left their hotel at 10.00 a.m. and travelled out of Belfast and through Carrickfergus. We talked about the magnificent castle but did not...
On a tour of Ireland these magnificent mountains are in the North near the town of Newcastle. At Ireland Luxury Tours we like to literally drive our clients through the montains to allow them to experience the majesty and wildness of this area. These can be...
If you are on a tour of Ireland you will undoubtably find yourself in Dublin , the home of Trinity College. We at Ireland Luxury Tours recommend that you visit this magnificent institution. Entering the peaceful grounds of Trinity College, in the very heart of the city's...
If you are on an extended tour of Ireland , or on a Belfast tour taking in the North Coast , perhaps even off a cruise ship...
Ireland Luxury Tours recommend a visit to Cork on any tour of Ireland...
Westports hinterland consists of some of the remotest and bleakest scenery in Europe, and it s almost startling to find such a finely wrought town amid a wilderness of boulder-strewn, scarcely inhabited countryside perched out here on the Atlantic verge. Westport, elegantly designed by James Wyatt...
The Blasket Islands, located in County Kerry, are red sandstone rocks sprawled in the Atlantic, two miles beyond the westernmost tip of the peninsula. The smaller islands are Beginish, Youngs Island and Illaunboy. The big islands are Inishmore, Inish na Bro, Inishvickillane, Inishtooskert, and the Great...