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If you are on a tour of Ireland , and find yourself in Belfast on a Sunday , then here are a few things to consider...

07 April, 2010 /

The castle as we see it today dates largely from the 16th and 17th centuries.  It is possible that everything that survives was built by the MacDonnells, but we like to think that at least the outer walls with the two round towers date back...

06 April, 2010 /

Amidst the rugged landscape of this isolated island, you can let your mind wander and discover a tranquillity and beauty that is so unexpected. The ferry to Rathlin Island travels just six miles across the "Sea of Moyle". This island is six miles long, one mile...

05 April, 2010 /

Ireland is a hugely appealing land. Its people are world famous for their warmth, friendliness and wit, their genuine love of words and sense of fun, their music and dance, and their ability to rise above the troubles of a turbulent history. With the popular...

02 April, 2010 /

Ireland Luxury Tours are receiving a large number of bookings this year. It seems that more and more people want to see Ireland independently , with a varied itinerary , and a driver/guide to take all the hassle away. Our roads are narrow and winding and...

01 April, 2010 /

Ireland's most loved poet, Seamus Heaney, was not the first to notice that the country's late night radio fog reports, melancholy in tone, were a poem in themselves, and Mizen Head, at the furthest outcrop between Dunmanus and Roaring Water Bay, figures prominently in an...

01 April, 2010 /

The brooding, conical outline of this mountain dominates the skyline all around southwest Mayo. It is associated with St Patrick, the site of his Lenten fast and legendary 'Pied Piper' act with the snakes. Each year, on the last Sunday in July, pilgrims make an...

31 March, 2010 /

In 1917, W B Yeats found this evocative 'ivy-covered tower', conveniently close to his friend and patron Lady Gregory, who lived at Coole Park. Thoor Ballylee was a fortified residence built by the Anglo-Norman de Burgo family during the 14th century. Yeats is a name...

30 March, 2010 /

At Ireland Luxury Tours we recommend this hotel for the Galway stage of our trips. It is a fantastic building , still very original , and the rooms are just...

30 March, 2010 /