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We recently looked after 5 top executives from Sammons Enterprises in USA and Briggs Equipment UK. The lady who contracted us had this to say...

12 August, 2010 /

At Ireland Luxury Tours we are lucky enough to be a member of the Irish Golf Tour Operators Association. We are involved in the Annual Conference and Gala Irish Golf Awards which are being held at the magnificent Slieve Donard hotel in Newcastle , County Down. It...

12 August, 2010 /

Ireland, an island in north-west Europe, has an area of 32,595 square miles.  At its greatest it is 302 miles long and 171 miles wide and consists of a central lowland surrounded by a broken range of hills and small mountains. The climate is mild on...

11 August, 2010 /

We recommend the Hastings group Slieve Donard in beautiful Newcastle , County Down , at the foot of the Mourne mountains. It is right beside the fantastic Royal County Down golf course and perfect for business and some relaxation. We can organise comprehensive day tours from...

11 August, 2010 /

At Ireland Luxury Tours we provide a corporate concierge service. This includes airport transfers and chauffeur driven vehicles for meetings and conferences. With our unique style we can enhance any business trip with tours and activities such as golf. We also arrange conferences and board meetings here in...

11 August, 2010 /

County Meath is a maritime county in the province of Leinster and in the eastern part of Ireland. The county, covering an area of 904 square miles, has a population of 135,000 approx. Bordered on the east by Dublin and the Irish Sea, on the north by Louth,...

02 August, 2010 /

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...

30 July, 2010 /

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,...

30 July, 2010 /

A short, humorous, and often nonsensical verse of five lines that have a particular pattern of rhyme (aabba) and rhyme. Lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and rhyme, and line 3 and 4 are of two feet and rhyme. The rhythm is...

29 July, 2010 /

Maritime county in the extreme northeast, in the province of Ulster, one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county has an area of 1,092 square miles and a population of 562,216. Only twenty miles across the Irish Sea from Scotland at its closest ...

28 July, 2010 /