Category: General News

  • August 12, 2010
    At Ireland Luxury Tours we are lucky enough to be a member of the Irish Golf Tour Operators Association. We…
  • August 11, 2010
    Ireland, an island in north-west Europe, has an area of 32,595 square miles.  At its greatest it is 302 miles…
  • July 30, 2010
    Crannogs are man-made , usually circular ,  lake islands.  They consist of piles of stones as a foundation, covered by…
  • July 29, 2010
    A short, humorous, and often nonsensical verse of five lines that have a particular pattern of rhyme (aabba) and rhyme.…
  • June 29, 2010
    Ireland's second largest county, in the province of Connacht. Extending from the Atlantic to the River Shannon (area of 2,374…
  • June 28, 2010
    One, two, or three concrete walls usually surrounding the summit of a hill. Too extensive for permanent fortification, the area…
  • June 9, 2010
    A Family of brewers.  In 1756 Arthur Guinness (1725-1803) established a brewery in Leixlip, County Kildare, which he moved to…
  • June 7, 2010
    The longest river in Ireland or Britain. The Shannon rises in the "Shannon Pot" in County Cavan .....It forms an…
  • May 28, 2010
    Natural springs, found throughout Ireland and other Celtic countries. Before Christianity, gthese springs were dedicated to female deities, representitives of…
  • May 27, 2010
    This was an ancient battle fought by "Brian Boru" and the forces of Munster ....against the Vikings of Dublin, the…